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Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 124320

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows recorded disciplinary cases which were upheld and included breaches of the Civil Service Code, for 2024 and 2025:

Year of outcome

Number of these cases where the allegation included “Breaches of the Civil Service Code”

2024

<5

2025

6

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