Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department of what (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.

The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff join on assignment from other Government bodies, principally the Scottish Government and Ministry of Justice, which remain the employers. Detailed information in relation to the classification of staff and their performance management is held by the employers.