Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

DWP demonstrates its commitment to diversity and inclusion by, amongst other things, offering a range of flexible employment policies that enable under-represented groups to experience fulfilling public service careers. As a consequence of these policies, DWP has recruited a diverse workforce made up of 69% female, 43% part-time, at least 11% black and minority ethnic, and at least 7% disabled employees.

The requested data is in the tables below. The figures for performance ratings relate to the workforce at 31 March 2014. The figures for performance-related pay relates to the workforce at 31 August 2014. Changes in the workforce in the intervening period largely accounts for differences in the data.

Performance marks 2013-14 by gender

Performance marks 2013-14 by declared ethnicity

Performance marks 2013-14 by age

Performance marks 2013-14 by declared disability

Performance marks 2013-14 by work pattern

Performance-related pay 2013-14