Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department of each (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.

DECC uses the following three performance ratings:

• Exceptional performance

• Effective performance

• Need for improvement/ developing

Table 1 summarises 2013/14 performance ratings by gender. Figures are for staff headcount.

Table 1

Table 2 summarises 2013/14 performance ratings by ethnicity. Figures are for staff headcount.

Table 2

Table 3 summarises 2013/14 performance ratings by age. Figures are for staff headcount.

Table 3