asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many staff have been subjected to disciplinary procedures in the Home Office for poor performance or incompetence in each year since 2001. [HL1292]
Numbers of staff who have been subject to formal procedures for poor performance in the Home Office and all its agencies except the Prison Service are set out in the table below. Information prior to 2005 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
2005 15 2006 14
Information regarding the number of public sector Prison Service employees subject to disciplinary procedures for poor performance or incompetence in each year since 2001 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Note: Information for 2006 is for the period ending November 2006. Data for December 2006 have not yet been entered on the central database)