Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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.

All Home Civil Servants (HCS) in my Department completed the Performance Management system in 2013-14. Of these, 14 (14.7%) received the “exceeded” marking and qualified for a non-consolidated bonus.

The remaining 81 staff (85.3%) were ranked as “met” or “must improve”. No staff in these categories qualified for a bonus.

Given the small number of staff who were ranked as “must improve”, it would not be appropriate to provide any further breakdown as to do so would risk the identification of the individuals concerned

The response relates only to HCS staff as NICS seconded staff have a different performance management system with different markings and to which no pay awards are attached.