Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 2 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 March 2005. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 14 March 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked from employment by his Department in each year since 2001 for gross professional misconduct.

Answer: Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked from employment by his Department in each year since 2001 for gross professional misconduct. [220239] Mr. Caplin: [holding answer 7 March 2005]: Information is not held centrally on the number of MOD civil servants that have been suspended from employment for possible acts of gross misconduct, and it would incur disproportionate cost to collate the data. The number of MOD civil servants that have subsequently been dismissed from the Department in each year since 2001 for gross misconduct offences is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of civil servants dismissed 2001 15 2002 17 2003 19 2004 18 20051 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 To date

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c25W; 220239
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Disciplinary proceedings Civil servants Government departments Dismissal Misconduct Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics: Yes
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