PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Performance Appraisal (24 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.

Asked by:
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour)

In common with most other Government Departments, BIS currently has three performance categories; category 1 (top), category 2 and category 3. The following table sets out the percentage of employees who have declared a disability within each performance category, and the percentage of all other staff in each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year. The percentage of all other staff includes those who have either declared that they do not have a disability, have chosen the option of ‘prefer not to say' or have not made a declaration. 6.5% of staff BIS have currently declared that they have a disability.

Percentage	Category 1	Category 2	Category 3
Those who have declared a disability	16%	54%	30%
All other staff	23%	59%	18%

BIS undertakes a number of activities to mitigate against the risk of discriminatory performance markings including training for managers and staff on unconscious bias and specific guidance on making reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.

Answered by:
Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
1 July 2014