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Civil Servants: Dismissal

Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 62089, tabled on 23 June 2025

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been dismissed for (a) incompetence and (b) misconduct in each year since 2015.

Answered on

1 July 2025

Departments have delegated responsibility for decisions relating to dismissal of an employee.

Civil Service statistics on the composition of the Civil Service workforce, including data on those leaving the Civil Service due to dismissals, are available on GOV.UK.

Answered by

Cabinet Office