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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food;Meat Hygiene Service;Central Science Laboratory;Farming and Rural Conservation Agency;Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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Mr. McDonnell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the appraisal performance markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 for (a) each agency in his Department and (b) the Department broken down by (i) grade, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) part- time/full-time working and (v) disability; and for (1) each agency and (2) the Department whether the Cabinet Office's four fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. [78142] Mr. Morley: The breakdown of 1998 overall performance markings for staff in MAFF including those agencies who use the core-Department's Human Resource computer system is as set out. My officials are considering current data, along with historic data, for any indications of possible adverse impact. I have asked the Chief Executives of those agencies who have their own HR computer systems to write to my hon. Friend separately. Breakdown of 1998 overall performance markings _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3A Box 3B Box 4 Box 5 MAFF Grade AA 24 395 315 101 0 0 AO 42 777 615 158 9 0 EO 28 616 421 69 4 0 HEO 38 463 213 33 1 0 SEO 23 296 150 12 3 0 Grade 7 21 159 56 7 0 0 Grade 6 7 47 24 1 0 0 SCS 5 35 15 0 0 0 Sex Female 100 1,400 880 155 5 0 Male 88 1,388 929 226 12 0 Ethnic Group Minority 5 130 117 39 1 0 Unknown 8 94 52 15 1 0 White 175 2,564 1,640 327 15 0 Part-time Full time 164 2,506 1,603 354 17 0 Part time 24 282 206 27 0 0 Disability No disability 181 2,596 1,674 331 14 0 Disability 7 192 135 50 3 0 Pesticides Safety Directorate Grade AA 0 3 6 0 0 0 AO 2 15 1 3 0 0 EO 3 13 12 2 0 0 HEO 9 34 11 1 0 0 SEO 3 21 4 0 1 0 Grade 7 2 10 2 0 0 0 Grade 6 * * * * * * SCS * * * * * * Sex Female 10 43 16 1 1 0 Male 9 55 20 5 0 0 Ethnic Group Minority * * * * * * Unknown * * * * * * White 19 94 36 5 1 0 Part time Full time 16 88 33 6 1 0 Part time 3 10 3 0 0 0 Disability No disability 17 85 30 5 0 0 Disability 2 13 6 1 1 0 Veterinary Laboratories Agency Grade AA 16 110 81 17 1 0 AO 19 168 111 26 5 0 EO 6 80 51 13 1 0 HEO 1 48 23 3 2 0 SEO 6 32 11 1 0 0 Grade 7 7 60 30 6 0 0 Grade 6 0 6 4 1 0 0 SCS * * * * * * Sex Female 28 277 164 36 2 0 Male 27 228 147 31 7 0 Ethnic Group Minority 0 9 5 4 2 0 Unknown 1 16 6 3 0 0 White 54 480 300 60 7 0 Part Time Full time 51 445 280 58 9 0 Part time 4 60 31 9 0 0 Disability No Disability 52 477 289 62 8 0 Disability 3 28 22 5 1 0 Veterinary Medicines Directorate Grade AA 0 7 3 2 0 0 AO 2 14 5 1 0 0 EO 1 8 3 0 0 0 HEO 1 3 2 2 0 0 SEO 1 7 1 1 0 0 Grade 7 0 14 7 1 0 0 Grade 6 * * * * * * SCS * * * * * * Sex Female 4 35 11 4 0 0 Male 1 21 13 3 0 0 Ethnic Group Minority * * * * * * Unknown * * * * * * White * * * * * * Part Time Full time 5 51 21 6 0 0 Part time 0 5 3 1 0 0 Disability No Disability * * * * * * Disability * * * * * * _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Data have not been provided in any group where there are less than 5 reports in total or where totals of less than 5 could be ascertained to ensure that individual anonymity is protected. Such entries have been marked with an asterisk. 2. Data in the `disability' group comprise staff who have declared a disability. Those in the `no disability' group comprise all others. 3. The definitions of the overall box markings for staff in grades AA-Grade 6 are as follows: Box 1 Outstanding Box 2 Performance significantly above requirements Box 3a Performance fully effective in all respects Box 3b Performance sufficient for the needs of the job Box 4 Improvements to performance required in some respects Box 5 Unsatisfactory 4. Staff in the Senior Civil Service also have 2+ and 3+ but no 3b markings. The 2+ data have been included with the Box 2 data and the 3+ data with the Box 3a data. 5. Data cover all reports with a 1998 report date and entered onto the computer system by 19 March 1999. Some of the 1998 reports will not yet be on the system and as such the data will be incomplete. 6. Data include leavers. Letter from Johnston McNeill to Mr. John McDonnell, dated March 1999: As Chief Executive of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) your question to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food requesting information on the appraisal performance markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 broken by down (i) grade, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) part-time/full-time working and (v) disability and whether the Cabinet Office's four fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round, has been passed to me to reply as regards this Executive Agency. The breakdown of the 1998 overall performance markings for staff in the MHS is attached. The MHS is considering the data for any indications of possible adverse impact. Breakdown of MHS performance markings _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 MHS Grade TMHI 1 21 14 4 0 MTEC 4 72 92 11 3 PMI 2 60 24 2 1 MHI 16 363 302 27 3 SPMI 1 18 2 0 0 SMHI 6 87 40 2 0 OVS 0 6 7 0 0 Sex Female 2 36 28 1 0 Male 28 591 453 45 7 Ethnic Group Minority 0 2 11 2 0 Unknown 0 4 1 2 0 White 30 621 469 42 7 Commitment Full time 30 608 462 46 7 Part time 0 19 19 0 0 Disability No Disability 0 0 0 0 0 Disability 0 1 2 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures measured over 1,191 employees. Abbreviations TMHI Trainee Meat Hygiene Inspector MTEC Meat Technician PMI Poultry Meat Inspector MHI Meat Hygiene Inspector SPMI Senior Poultry Meat Inspector SMHI Senior Meat Hygiene Inspector OVS Official Veterinary Surgeon Letter from P. I. Stanley to Mr. John McDonnell, dated March 1999: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), to your question concerning appraisal performance markings awarded to staff in 1998. The breakdown of 1998 overall performance markings for staff in CSL is set out on the attached sheet. My staff are considering current data, along with historic data, for any indications of possible adverse impact. Breakdown of 1998 performance markings _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3a Box 3b Box 4 Box 5 Central Science Laboratory Grade Level 1 5 64 52 9 0 0 Level 2 8 123 107 19 3 0 Level 3 2 38 17 4 0 0 Level 4 3 16 10 2 1 0 Level 5 2 12 2 1 0 0 Gender Male 11 137 112 23 3 0 Female 9 116 76 12 1 0 Ethnicity Minorities Information not available Unknown Part/Full-time Part-time 1 15 11 3 0 0 Full-time 19 238 177 32 4 0 Disability Disability 0 2 2 0 1 0 No Disability 20 251 186 35 3 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. A breakdown by box markings is not presently available in terms of ethnicity. 2. The definitions of the overall box markings are as follows: Box 1 Outstanding Box 2 Performance significantly above requirements Box 3a Performance fully effective in all respects Box 3b Performance sufficient for the needs of the job Box 4 Improvements to performance required in some respects Box 5 Unsatisfactory 3. Data covers all reports with a 1998 report date. 4. Data includes leavers. 5. Staff in the Senior Civil Service are included in the MAFF breakdown of 1998 overall performance markings. Letter from Sarah Nason to Mr. John McDonnell, dated 23 March 1999: The Minister has asked me to respond, in respect of the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency (FRCA), to your question about performance appraisal markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 for his Department and each agency in his Department, broken down by grade; gender; ethnicity; part-time/full-time working and disability; and whether the Cabinet Office's four-fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. I enclose a breakdown as requested of performance markings from the 1997-98 reporting year for staff in FRCA. FRCA staff are in different grades to those in the core department, but for your ease of reference we have converted the grade data to the nearest MAFF equivalents. Work is in hand to analyse this data for any indications of possible adverse impact. Breakdown of overall performance markings in FRCA: 1997-98 reporting year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2 3 4 5 Ethnicity White Origin 21 198 112 1 0 Ethnic minority origin 0 2 0 0 0 Unknown 10 73 65 1 0 Disability None or none known 31 271 176 2 0 Disability known 0 2 1 0 0 Full or part time Full time 29 247 152 2 0 Part time 2 26 25 0 0 Gender Male 16 177 100 2 0 Female 15 96 77 0 0 Grade and equivalents AA 0 1 0 0 0 AO 7 55 37 0 0 EO 10 27 9 0 0 HEO 4 77 90 2 0 SEO 8 76 31 0 0 G7 2 30 10 0 0 G6 0 7 0 0 0 Senior Civil Service * * * * * _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: * Data not provided as this would enable individuals' report markings to be ascertained. Definitions of overall performance markings are as follows: Box 1--Outstanding Box 2--Very Good Box 3--Satisfactory Box 4--Improvement Necessary Box 5--Unsatisfactory Data covering 1997-98 reports input onto the Agency's computerised Human Resources System by 15 March 1999. Data do not include leavers. Letter from P. W. Greig-Smith to Mr. John McDonnell, dated March 1999: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and food has asked me to reply to your question on appraisal performance markings in 1998. I am replying on behalf of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS). The breakdown of overall performance markings for staff in CEFAS is set out overleaf. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2 3A 3B Total Current grade/overall assessment 6 1 8 6 0 15 7 1 20 7 0 28 AA 4 3 3 3 13 AO 11 41 8 2 62 EO 13 47 17 4 81 HEO 9 31 18 0 58 Industrial 8 18 6 0 32 SCS -- -- 1 -- 1 SEO 2 28 8 0 38 Total 47 168 66 9 328 Sex/overall assessment F 18 72 19 5 114 M 31 124 55 4 214 Total 49 196 74 9 328 Full/part time/overall assessment Full 46 172 70 7 295 Part 3 24 4 2 33 Total 49 196 74 9 328 Ethnic origin/overall assessment White 47 188 69 9 313 Ethnic Minority -- 3 -- -- 3 Unknown 2 5 5 0 12 49 196 74 9 328 Able bodied/ Overall assessment Disabled 2 13 6 -- 21 Able Bodied 47 183 68 9 307 Total 49 196 74 9 328 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

78142; 329 c223-9W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Disability Executive agencies Civil servants Gender Government departments Ethnic groups Pay Part-time employment Performance related pay Performance appraisal Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Contains statistics

Yes