Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in her Department completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.

3,188 staff received a rating at the end of the 2013/14 performance management year.

Only staff who were identified as exceeded were eligible to receive a non-consolidated performance award. The table below shows the proportions and numbers of staff who received the three ratings.