To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. (208380)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not yet determined performance-related bonus payments for the reporting year 2007-08. The following data give a breakdown for the appraisal period ending 2006-07:

2,902 (51.36 per cent. of the total number of staff who received a bonus were male);

1,984 (35.12 per cent. of the total number of staff who received a bonus were female);

406 (7.19 per cent. of the total number of staff who received a bonus were from an ethnic minority);

207 (3.66 per cent. of the total number of staff who received a bonus were disabled); and

we do not collect data on the sexual orientation of staff.

Staff declaration of ethnic background and disabled status is voluntary.

The Office of National Statistics publish data on the gender, disability status and ethnic background of civil servants in Government Departments.