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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total cost was of performance related pay in (a) his Department and (b) schools in each year since 1990-91; how much it is expected to be in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [154531]

Jim Knight: The Department was created in June 2007 and will award all salaries on a performance related basis in 2008. Since 1995, when the predecessor Departments received delegated pay responsibility, all salaries have been fully performance related. The staffing levels and paybills for each year are published in the annual departmental reports available in the House of Commons Library.

It is not possible to estimate the cost of performance related pay in schools. Teachers undergo an annual review of performance which contributes to decisions that may be made by their school/employer about their progression on the pay scale or spine range for their grade. Non-teaching school staff are paid under local arrangements with varying discretions to recognise performance.

Departments: Pensions

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. [147528]

Kevin Brennan: 199 members of staff in the Department for Children, Schools and Families (6.9 per cent. of the total number of staff employed by the Department) currently make additional voluntary pension contributions through deductions from their pay.

Pension scheme members receive an annual benefit statement showing the pension built up to date, and also a projection of pension on retirement if the member continues in service to scheme pension age. The benefit statement provides details of the civil service pensions website where staff can obtain further information, including on options for making additional voluntary contributions to boost their pension.


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Departments: Press

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to which periodicals his Department subscribes. [153257]

Kevin Brennan: A list of periodicals subscribed to by the DCSF is shown in the following list. Individual teams within DCSF have the option to subscribe to periodicals if they wish, but to extract this information would involve disproportionate cost.

List of periodicals subscribed to by DCSF Library


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