Pete Wishart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of (a) internet and website design and hosting, (b) print media design and (c) broadcast media of each of his Department’s public information campaigns since 1997. [214663]
Mrs. McGuire:
The extent of information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Overtime
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of overtime payments paid to staff in his Department was in each of the last 12 months, broken down by pay grade. [221288]
Mrs. McGuire:
The following table details the cost of overtime payments in the Department for Work and Pensions by grade and month for the last complete financial year. The total cost from April 2007 to March 2008 is £64,528 representing some 2.3 per cent. of DWP’s total pay bill in this period.
DWP overtime payments 2007-08 (by grade)
£000
AA/band A
AO/band B
EO/band C
HEO/band D
SEO/band E
G7
G6
Total
2007
April
188
2,195
2,191
315
117
0
0
5,006
May
150
2,001
1,827
269
99
1
0
4,347
June
232
2,958
2,522
283
125
0
0
6,120
July
170
2,202
2,066
247
80
0
0
4,765
August
192
2,666
2,489
237
86
0
0
5,670
September
181
2,456
2,191
239
92
0
0
5,159
October
118
1,679
1,848
246
89
0
0
3,980
November
257
3,216
2,971
326
117
0
0
6,887
December
138
1,648
1,699
223
83
0
0
3,791
2008
January
163
2,224
1,799
204
85
0
0
4,475
February
261
3,452
3,073
334
98
0
2
7,220
March
269
3,258
3,093
374
112
1
1
7,108
Total
2,319
29,955
27,769
3,297
1,183
2
3
64,528
Note:
Includes travel time, ERNIC and superannuation.
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Departmental Press
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. [215205]
