To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) disciplinary and (b) capability procedures have been (i) initiated and (ii) completed in his Department in each year since its inception; how much time on average was taken to complete each type of procedure in each such year; how many and what proportion of his Department's staff were subject to each type of procedure in each such year; and how many and what proportion of each type of procedure resulted in the dismissal of the member of staff. (320639)

No records are collated centrally regarding how many procedures have been initiated in the Department since its creation in October 2008.

We are unable to provide the number of staff dismissed (all reasons) under section 40 of the Data Protection Act 1998.