Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

When numbers are so small that individuals could be identified, identifying details are masked to protect their privacy.

Data on dismissals for poor performance is held in anonymised form without details of whether employees are permanent or temporary. Dismissals during probation for poor performance have also been included in the data.

Based on this data our response is as follows:

(a) 2022-23 Fewer than five

(b) 2023-24 Fewer than five

(c) 2024-25 Fewer than five