HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc338-9W
Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [78150]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

The following tables show the breakdown for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and overall figures for Wilton Park. The figures for box 4 and 5 have been combined as they are very small. At present, 80 per cent. of the 1998 Appraisal Performance Markings have been received.

Neither Wilton Park, nor the Department as a whole, uses the Cabinet Office's "four fifths rule" to assess potential adverse impact.

(a) Wilton Park
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5 Not yet available Total
Number 8 21 6 0 5 40
Percentage 20 52.5 15.0 0 12.5 100
(i) Breakdown by grade
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5
No. % No. % No. % No. % No.
SMS 103 24.3 159 37.5 44 10.4 1 .2 424
DS5/5S and HCS6/7 107 18.3 230 39.4 62 10.6 3 .5 584
DS6/SEO 23 8.7 130 49.2 66 25 3 1.1 264
DS7D/8 45 28 65 40.4 25 15.5 0 0 161
DS7M/HEO 73 13.2 253 45.8 134 24.2 8 1.4 553
DS9/E 118 12.6 400 42.8 214 22.9 14 1.5 935
Specialist 62 7.6 410 50.1 179 21.9 2 .2 818
Secretarial 122 25.2 202 41.7 112 23.1 4 .8 484
Support grades 12 3.8 107 33.4 93 29.1 3 .9 320
AO/DS10/EA 87 10.3 362 43 238 28.3 3 .4 842
AA 9 10.8 35 42.2 26 31.3 1 1.2 83
(ii) Breakdown by gender
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5
No. % No. % No. % No. % Total
Male 466 13.3 1,502 42.7 755 21.5 29 .8 3,516
Female 295 15.1 851 43.6 438 22.4 13 .7 1,952
(iii) Breakdown by ethnic background
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5
No. % No. % No. % No. % Total
White 648 15.1 1,849 43.2 898 21 32 .7 4,280
Ethnic minority 19 9.6 81 40.9 59 29.8 1 .5 198
Not recorded 94 9.5 423 42.7 236 23.8 9 .9 990
(iv) Breakdown by part-time or full-time
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5
No. % No. % No. % No. % Total
Full-time 760 14.1 2,315 43 1,167 21.7 42 .8 5,379
Part-time 1 1.1 38 42.7 26 29.2 0 0 89
(v) Breakdown by disabled or not-disabled
Box markings
1 2 3 4/5
No. % No. % No. % No. % Total
Not disabled 754 14.1 2,303 43 1,165 21.7 39 .7 5,357
Disabled 7 6.4 50 45.9 28 25.7 3 2.8 109

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