Question

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.

The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees, within each performance category, who have declared a disability. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity

i) Disability

*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act

ii)&iii) Full –time/part –time

The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees, within each performance category, who work full time or part time.

*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act

The figure given in the tables are for staff completing a 2013/14 performance report as part of the DCMS Employment Policy Performance Management System. The GEO headcount for staff covered by this system at 31 March 2014 was 50: this included staff who had recently transferred to DCMS (GEO) from other Government Departments, or had recently returned to DCMS (GEO) after e.g. maternity leave, and are therefore excluded from the total shown.