§ Mr. McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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) parttime/full-time working and (v) disability; and for (1) each agency and (2) the Department whether the Cabinet 526W Office's four fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. [78146]
§ Mr. TimmsThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available has been placed in the Library.
The Cabinet Office's "four fifths" rule is not intended to be an absolute measure and in this Department it is used to complement other tests of statistical significance.