PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Performance Appraisal (24 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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)

The Department for Transport was formed in 2002 and consists of a central department and five executive agencies as follows:

Highways Agency (HA)

Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA)

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

This response covers both the Central Department and our five executive agencies. The department employs 17,200 people. Information for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Vehicle Certification Agency is not yet available. Information on the Centre and other Executive Agencies is shown below. Percentages have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

DfTc

	Non-Disabled %	Disabled %	Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say %
Box 1	25	16	26
Box 2	66	69	62
Box 3	8	16	12

DVLA
	Performance Score (points)			Non-Disabled (%)		Disabled (%)		Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say (%)
	Below 70			57		29		13
	70 to 79			61		22		17
	80 to 89			58		22		20
	90 to 99			61		20		19
	100 to 109			73		14		14
	110 to 120			74		13		13

In 2013/14, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) did not apply the same performance management process as the rest of the Department. Performance in 2013/14 was based on points and not box markings. The minimum score required to be eligible to receive a performance related pay award was 70 points. Those scoring below 70 points received no award. The maximum score attainable was 120 points.

Of the staff issued a full appraisal in 2013/14, a performance score is currently available for 93% of people. The breakdown of these reports is shown above.

Highways

	Non-Disabled %	Disabled %	Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say
Box 1	11	7	N/A
Box 2	65	67	N/A
Box 3	5	8	N/A
Box 4	0.3	1	N/A
Not Selected	20	18	N/A

Please note that the HA has a 4 box marking system. Boxes 2 and 3 and the traditional box 2 but broken in two parts to illustrated high box 2 and low box 2. “Not selected” refers to staff who opted for different terms of employment and are not covered by this performance marking scheme.

MCA

	Non Disabled %	Disabled %	Disability Unknown/Prefer not to say %
Box 1	21	18	15
Box 2	68	72	58
Box 3	11	10	27

Answered by:
Stephen Hammond (Conservative)
1 July 2014