The London rates are paid to staff working in the Government Office for London; the outer London rates to staff working in the Government Office for the South East; and national rates to staff working in the other seven Government offices. There is no difference in the pay rates for SCS pay bands 1, 1A and 2 in different parts of the country. Staff can be paid a salary anywhere between the minimum and maximum.
Government Offices Network Centre and Services
Robert Neill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget of the Government Offices network centre and services is for 2009-10. [289465]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The budget for the pay and non-pay costs of the Government Office network centre and services for 2009-10 is £5,732,470.
The Government Office NCS also manages central budgets for the Government Office network, including ICT and property, totalling £32,670,930 for 2009-10.