Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in 10 Downing Street 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.

The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are integral parts of the Cabinet Office.

The Cabinet Office has implemented the Civil Service Employee Policy performance management system in common with nearly all other departments.

This performance management covers staff at Bands A-C.

The number of Civil Servants in the Cabinet Office who completed the performance management system in 2013-14, including analysis by working pattern; gender and age at June 2014, are as follows:-

Table 1 – Overall Distribution

Those in the exceeded rating qualified for a non-consolidated performance payment.

Table 2 – Distribution by gender

Table 3 – Distribution by working pattern

Table 4 – Distribution by Age