<p>The proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Department who received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13 is detailed in Table 1 for staff employed in civil service grades AO to Grade 6 and Table 2 for staff employed in the senior civil service (SCS).</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table1: Performance ratings for Staff in Grades AO to Grade6.<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Staffhave declared a disability(%)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performancerating<br /></td><td valign="top">Yes<br /></td><td valign="top">No<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">1—Exceptional<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2—Effective<br /></td><td valign="top">68<br /></td><td valign="top">69<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">3—Needforimprovement/developing<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table2: Performance rating for staff in SCSgrades<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Staffhave declared a disability(%)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performancerating<br /></td><td valign="top">Yes<br /></td><td valign="top">No<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Top<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Achieving<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td><td valign="top">66<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Low<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Due to the small number of SCS who declared a disability, performance ratings for these staff cannot be disclosed to ensure individuals are not identifiable.</p><p>At the time of these results 32% of staff had not declared their disability status, the performance ratings for both groups of staff whose disability status is unknown has not been included in these results.</p><p>Full findings of the diversity analysis for the 2012-13 performance year will be published in January 2014 as part of DECC's wider diversity information publication.</p>