HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc133-5W
Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the appraisal performance markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 for(a) each agency in his Department and (b) the Department broken down by (i) grade, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) part-time/ full-time working and (v) disability; and for (1) each agency and (2) the Department whether the Cabinet Office's four-fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. [78145]

Welsh Office
Grade bands A B C D E F Number of staff Disability Part time Full time
Bands F and G (G7 and 6)
Female 6 23 15 1 0 0 54 1 13 41
Male 22 74 26 4 0 0 134 1 4 130
Total 28 97 41 5 0 0 188 2 17 171
Band E (SEO)
Female 9 12 5 1 0 0 28 1 4 27
Male 6 58 34 1 0 0 107 1 0 107
Total 15 70 39 2 0 0 135 2 4 131
Band D (HEO and HEO(D))
Female 15 70 31 5 0 0 130 6 26 104
Male 14 85 47 12 0 0 168 2 1 167
Total 29 155 78 17 0 0 298 8 27 271
Band C (EO)
Female 34 117 74 33 0 0 281 3 63 218
Male 20 90 65 36 1 0 220 3 1 219
Total 54 207 139 69 1 0 501 6 64 437
Band B (AO)
Female 31 149 78 28 0 0 332 2 76 256
Male 7 51 48 22 1 0 134 4 3 131
Total 38 200 126 50 1 0 466 6 79 387
Band A (AA)
Female 40 67 56 21 0 0 258 3 44 214
Male 22 59 36 17 0 0 204 2 0 204
Total 62 126 92 38 0 0 478 5 44 434

CADW
Grade bands A B C D E F Number of staff Disability Part time Full time
Bands G, F and E (G6 & 7 & SEO)
Female 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Male 1 13 2 0 0 0 16 0 0 16
Total 1 15 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 20
Band D (HEO)
Female 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 4
Male 1 10 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
Total 1 13 3 1 0 0 18 0 1 17
Band C (EO)
Female 0 7 3 1 0 0 11 1 9 2
Male 1 7 2 1 0 0 11 0 1 10
Total 1 14 5 2 0 0 22 1 10 12

Mr. Michael

The information requested is set out in the following tables. Comprehensive information is set out for performance markings by gender but it is not possible to provide the same detail for disability or part-time/full-time because of the small numbers of staff involved. No data on ethnicity can be provided as such data could breach confidentiality as the information would allow the identification of individuals. The top two bands in the Welsh Office and top three in CADW Agency, have been merged because of the small number of officials involved so as to allow for anonymity. We have not applied the Cabinet Office's four-fifths rule in either the Department or the agency because the figures for gender suggest that there is no adverse impact and the numbers involved in the other categories are too small to allow a meaningful assessment.

CADW
Grade bands A B C D E F Number of staff Disability Part time Full time
Band A and B (AA and AO)
Female 1 9 3 1 0 0 14 0 6 8
Male 4 5 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 13
Total 5 12 4 3 0 0 27 0 6 2
Industrials and Museum
Female 1 10 5 2 0 0 18 0 5 13
Male 0 2 2 3 0 0 7 1 3 4
Total 1 12 7 5 0 0 25 1 8 17

Notes:

The tables exclude casual staff