Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Performance Appraisal
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.
Answered by Ian Murray
- The table below sets out, by grade, the number of staff in DSIT recorded as having been assessed as ‘Exceeding’ – the highest performance rating for SCS and DSIT delegated grade staff – at the end of the most recent full reporting year (31 March 2025). It also lists what percentage this represents of the total number of staff at each grade.
- This data relates to DSIT staff excluding Government Digital Service as they did not formally transfer into the Department until June 2025.
Grade | Exceeding | Grand Total | Exceeding % of Grade |
AO | <=30 | <=30 | - |
EO | <=30 | 78 | - |
HEO | 54 | 318 | 17% |
SEO | 85 | 406 | 21% |
G6 | 47 | 177 | 27% |
G7 | 156 | 610 | 26% |
FASTSTREAM | <=30 | <=30 | <=30 |
SCS | <=30 | 162 | - |
DSIT Total | 384 | 1772 | 22% |
*Numbers of 30 or fewer employees have been redacted.
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