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63547

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide figures for all the Law Officers' Departments as their staff performance appraisal processes for 2013-14 have yet to be completed. Figures should be available in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 01/07/2014 11:26:10 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63561

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Performance ratings have not been finalised for Cabinet Office staff for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/06/2014 15:13:10 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63554

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>In common with most other Government Departments, BIS currently has three performance categories; category 1 (top), category 2 and category 3. The following table sets out the percentage of employees who have declared a disability within each performance category, and the percentage of all other staff in each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year. The percentage of all other staff includes those who have either declared that they do not have a disability, have chosen the option of ‘prefer not to say' or have not made a declaration. 6.5% of staff BIS have currently declared that they have a disability.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Category 1</p></td><td><p>Category 2</p></td><td><p>Category 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Those who have declared a disability</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All other staff</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS undertakes a number of activities to mitigate against the risk of discriminatory performance markings including training for managers and staff on unconscious bias and specific guidance on making reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/07/2014 14:16:54 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63581

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below provides a summary of the performance results for non-Senior Civil Service staff for whom the DCLG process applied, where disability has been declared, and whose performance markings have been entered into the HR database:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Number of staff</em></p></td><td><p><em>Exceptional</em></p></td><td><p><em>Good</em></p></td><td><p><em>Development</em></p><p><em>Needed</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Disabled</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to changes in methodology in the manner in which such assessments are undertaken, these figures are not comparative with those given to the hon. Member in the answer to her of 4 November 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 22W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The small sample sizes may mean the results are not statistically significant. We will be undertaking further analysis of the wider performance outcomes across both performance years and all protected characteristics. We will consider whether action is required to address any clear findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department provides a reasonable adjustments service, which has recently been subject to a review, to allow staff to ensure that a person with a disability is not put at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled persons generally, who work under the same conditions. The Department’s Disability Champion also continues to work closely with the Disability Staff Network in raising awareness of disability issues to the wider Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/09/2014 14:19:51 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63585

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the percentage of employees, within each performance category, who have declared a disability, and the percentage of all other staff in each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year for assessments received to date. The percentage of all other staff includes staff who have either explicitly declared that they do not have a disability, have chosen the ‘prefer not to say' option, or have not responded to the question at all.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Excellent </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of employees who have declared a disability in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of all other staff employed in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>35%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:48:32 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63613

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><p>Table 1: 2013-14 Performance Management Outturn Figures for the Department for Education</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Performance Rating</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared Disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No declared disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not declared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Top/Exceeded</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Achieving/Achieved</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low/Must Improve</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department continues to take steps to ensure that its performance ratings are a fair reflection of individual performance. Over the last year, this has included independent members being present at end of year meetings where performance assessments are moderated and training for staff on how to avoid unconscious bias.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2014 14:41:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63631

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In DECC the staff declaration rate for disability is:</p><ul><li>5.7% have declared they have a disability;</li><li>70.6% have declared they don't have a disability;</li><li>23.7% have not declared their disability status.</li></ul><p>The 2013/14 performance ratings breakdown for these groups is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Declared have a disability</em></p></td><td><p><em>Declared don't have a disability</em></p></td><td><p><em>Disability status not declared</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>1- SCS, Top; AO-G6, Exceptional performance.</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td><td><p>27.1%</p></td><td><p>22.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2 - SCS, Achieving; AO-G6, Effective performance.</em></strong></p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td><td><p>67.5%</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>3 – SCS, Low; AO-G6, Need for improvement/ developing</em></strong></p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 30/06/2014 14:17:31 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63641

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Core Defra outcomes for the performance assessment period 2013/14 are currently being analysed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information, which forms part of a wider Performance Management diversity analysis, will be published, no later than January 2015, as part of the annual Workforce Monitoring Report under the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/06/2014 16:22:36 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63714

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by her Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rating</p></td><td><p>Staff with a disability</p></td><td><p>Staff without a disability</p></td><td><p>Staff who have not declared if they have a disability or not</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Box one</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Box two</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Box three</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 01/07/2014 15:44:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63757

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport was formed in 2002 and consists of a central department and five executive agencies as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Highways Agency (HA)</p><p> </p><p>Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA)</p><p> </p><p>Driver &amp; Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)</p><p> </p><p>Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)</p><p> </p><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This response covers both the Central Department and our five executive agencies. The department employs 17,200 people. Information for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Vehicle Certification Agency is not yet available. Information on the Centre and other Executive Agencies is shown below. Percentages have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>DfTc</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 1</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 2</strong></p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 3</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>DVLA</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Performance Score (points)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Disabled (%)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Disabled (%)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Below 70</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>57</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>70 to 79</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>22</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>80 to 89</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>58</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>22</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>90 to 99</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>100 to 109</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>73</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>110 to 120</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>74</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) did not apply the same performance management process as the rest of the Department. Performance in 2013/14 was based on points and not box markings. The minimum score required to be eligible to receive a performance related pay award was 70 points. Those scoring below 70 points received no award. The maximum score attainable was 120 points.</p><p> </p><p>Of the staff issued a full appraisal in 2013/14, a performance score is currently available for 93% of people. The breakdown of these reports is shown above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Highways</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Non-Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 1</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 2</strong></p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 3</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 4</strong></p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not Selected</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that the HA has a 4 box marking system. Boxes 2 and 3 and the traditional box 2 but broken in two parts to illustrated high box 2 and low box 2. “Not selected” refers to staff who opted for different terms of employment and are not covered by this performance marking scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>MCA</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say</strong></p><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 1</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 2</strong></p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Box 3</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/07/2014 14:07:31 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck