Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Career Development
(asked on 16th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.
This question was answered on 22nd December 2025
- The latest data held centrally are set out in the Table below.
- They refer to DSIT staff who were promoted to higher grade within the Department during the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 and who were DSIT employees throughout that year.
- The data exclude (i) any staff promoted to roles outside DSIT and (ii) Government Digital Service as they did not formally transfer into the Department until June 2025.
- DSIT did not promote in-grade.
- Regarding part b(i) of the question, information to cross-reference promotions to performance markings is not held centrally and consequently cannot be provided.
Table: Staff Promotions by Grade (Number of staff and Percentage of Grade) in DSIT from 1/4/2024 to 31/3/2025 inclusive
Grade | No. Promoted | % of Grade who were promoted |
AO |
| 0% |
EO | <=30 | <=30 |
HEO | 84 | 25% |
FASTSTREAM | <=30 | <=30 |
SEO | 32 | 8% |
G7 | <=30 | <=30 |
G6 | <=30 | <=30 |
SCS 1 | <=30 | <=30 |
Total | 156 | 8% |
*Numbers of 30 or fewer employees have been redacted.