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Written question asked by Mike Wood (Conservative) on Monday, 7 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 April 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 May 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Cabinet Office: Disciplinary Proceedings

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 19479 on Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings, how many civil servants working in his Department have been suspended due to allegations of misconduct since in each year since 2020.

Answer

Suspensions are used to safeguard the organisation and are not an assumption of guilt. Suspension can be used for a range of reasons; including during security investigations, fraud investigations or misconduct. The table below shows the number of suspensions since 2020:

Year

Number of suspensions

2020

4

2021

4

2022

2

2023

7

2024

7

2025

3


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44472
Session
2024-26
Related items
Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Civil servants Cabinet Office Misconduct
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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