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Written Answers

Thursday 21 May 2009

Civil Service: Performance Pay

Questions

Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners): Pay arrangements for the Senior Civil Service are based on recommendations by the independent Senior Salaries Review Body.

The table below sets out the size of the bonus pot for senior civil servants working at HM Treasury for the five years up to the performance year 2008-09.

Performance YearAmount of non-consolidated pay pot (excluding employer costs) £% set by SSRB

2008-09

776,707

8.6

2007-08

644,792

8.6

2006-07

526,594

7.6

2005-06

492,999

6.5

2004-05

352,669

5

Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): The information requested is shown in the tables below:



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Table 1—Total monetary value of SCS non-consolidated performance pay

Financial YearPercentage of the SCS pay bill (%)Size of pot (£m rounded up to 2 decimal places)Total Paid (£m rounded up to 2 decimal places)Total number of recipientsProportion of SCS (%)

2003/04

4.0

0.71

0.71

126

52

2004/05

5.0

0.92

0.96

190

78

2005/06

6.5

1.33

1.34

191

73

2006/07

7.6

1.70

1.67

200

72

2007/08

8.6

2.10

1.82

212

73

Table 2—Distribution by award category and pay band

The categories for awards have changed throughout the period and these changes are reflected in the terminology used in the tables. From 2006-07 pay band 2 and 3 non-consolidated performance pay (bonus) is determined on an individual basis by the relevant DWP SCS pay committee. Since 2007-08 all SCS non-consolidated performance pay has been determined on that basis.

2003-04
Pay band 1Pay band 2Pay band 3

Tranche

Bonus

Total

Tranche

Bonus

Total

Tranche

Bonus

Total

Top

High

17

Top

High

6

Top

High

1

Top

Medium

18

Top

Medium

5

Top

Medium

0

Middle

High

12

Middle

High

4

Middle

High

0

Middle

Medium

43

Middle

Medium

17

Middle

Medium

3

2004-05
Pay band 1Pay band 2Pay band 3

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Outstanding

19

Outstanding

9

Outstanding

0

High

28

High

11

High

3

Medium

85

Medium

32

Medium

3

2005-06
Pay band 1Pay band 2Pay band 3

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Outstanding

22

Outstanding

9

Outstanding

0

High

31

High

14

High

4

Medium

82

Medium

27

Medium

2

2006-07Individual awards system introduced for pay band 2 and 3
Pay band 1Pay band 2Pay band 3

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Bonus

Total

Outstanding

21

Individual

47

Individual

6

High

43

Medium

83

2007-08 pay band 1 added to individual awards system
Pay band 1Pay band 2Pay band 3

Performance pay

Total

Performance pay

Total

Performance pay

Total

Individual

151

Individual

52

Individual

9


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