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The figure for 2006-07 represents approximately 2.9 per cent. of total staff costs.

Information is not available for each salary band or, other than at disproportionate cost, prior to 2005-06. The figures provided do not include the Rent Service or the Health and Safety Executive.

7. Average age of employee and number of (i) women and (ii) men in each salary band

The following table shows the breakdown of staff at September 2007.

Civil service grade Men Women Total Average age (years)

SCS

189

104

293

46.10

Grade 6

359

262

621

45.75

Grade 7

811

660

1,471

42.53

SEO

1,255

1,444

2,699

44.10

HEO

3,011

4,540

7,551

42.96

EO

12,627

24,842

37,469

43.16

AO

15,049

34,024

49,973

40.79

AA

2,164

3,346

5,510

41.85

DWP Total

35,465

69,222

104,687

42.32

Notes:
1. The numbers shown are whole time equivalent (WTE).
2. The data do not include the Rent Service or the Health and Safety Executive.
3. Temporary staff are not included.

8. Ethnic composition

The following table shows the ethnic mix of DWP staff by grade as at September 2007.

Ethnic SCS Grade 6 Grade 7 SEO HEO EO AO AA

Asian and White

*

*

6

5

22

86

141

17

Asian (Bangladeshi)

*

*

*

*

12

94

189

17

Asian (Indian)

*

*

13

29

114

999

1,493

209

Asian (Other Origin)

*

*

*

11

22

230

335

41

Asian (Pakistani)

*

*

*

*

21

217

648

67

Black (African)

*

*

*

8

37

323

403

35

Black (Caribbean)

*

*

*

18

69

676

709

66

Black (Other Origin)

*

*

*

*

5

84

85

11

Black African and White

*

*

*

*

5

26

57

8

Black Caribbean and White

*

*

*

*

12

70

112

9

Chinese

*

*

*

*

5

38

83

11

Mixed Ethnicity (Other)

*

*

5

*

17

113

174

16

Other Ethnic Origin

*

*

*

11

50

245

318

37

White

220

486

1,171

2,224

6,197

29,850

4,231

4,988

Notes:
1. Numbers less than 5 have been replaced with (*) because we cannot disclose the information due to protocols which are in place to protect personal information.
2. The numbers in the table show the ethnicity of those staff that have declared their ethnic origin. Not all DWP employees have chosen to do so and therefore the numbers do not add up to the total DWP work force.
3. Temporary staff are not included.
4 The data do not include the Rent Service or the Health and Safety Executive.

Departmental Pay

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2006-07. [171192]

Mrs. McGuire: The information is as follows:

(a) DWP has four geographical pay areas:


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The differential cost is not a standard amount but is calculated in each individual pay range.


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The current numbers of staff in post in each individual pay area, the April 2007 value of the average additional cost above national rates for each of the main grades and the estimated total additional cost in 2006-07 are contained in the following tables:

Table 1: Staff in post (April 2007) and additional average salary value above national rates in 2006-07
SLPZ Outer London Inner London Total staff
Staff £ Staff £ Staff £

Band A/AA

68

2,116

162

2,229

355

3,379

585

Band B/AO

827

2,318

2,550

2,431

3,730

3,850

7,107

Band C/EO

865

2,333

1,978

2,682

4,593

3,395

7,436

Band D/HEO

112

2,212

233

3,024

818

3,607

1,163

Band E/SEO

27

2,108

55

2,865

323

3,758

405

Band F/Grade 7

8

3,604

19

2,220

228

3,497

255

Band G/Grade 6

3

3,186

5

1,921

71

3,518

79

Total

1,910

5,002

10,118

17,030


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