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Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 31 March (WS 83-84), what was the estimated size of HM Treasury's non-consolidated performance-related pay pot for the Senior Civil Service in each of the past five years for which information is available. [HL2900]
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 Year | Amount of non-consolidated pay pot (excluding employer costs) £ | % set by SSRB |
Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
To ask Her Majesty's Government (a) what the total monetary value of Senior Civil Service non-consolidated performance pay awards was in the Department for Work and Pensions, (b) how many and what proportion of the Senior Civil Service staff in the Department for Work and Pensions received performance pay awards by SCS pay band, and (c) how those awards were distributed by pay band and award category, for each of the last five years for which data are available. [HL3364]
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 13 May (WA 200) concerning the amount of funding for senior civil servants' performance-related pay in the Department for Work and Pensions, what were the figures requested. [HL3771]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): The information requested is shown in the tables below:
Table 1Total monetary value of SCS non-consolidated performance pay
Financial Year | Percentage 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 recipients | Proportion of SCS (%) |
Table 2Distribution 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 1 | Pay band 2 | Pay band 3 | ||||||
2004-05 | |||||
Pay band 1 | Pay band 2 | Pay band 3 | |||
2005-06 | |||||
Pay band 1 | Pay band 2 | Pay band 3 | |||
2006-07 | Individual awards system introduced for pay band 2 and 3 | ||||
Pay band 1 | Pay band 2 | Pay band 3 | |||
2007-08 pay band 1 added to individual awards system | |||||
Pay band 1 | Pay band 2 | Pay band 3 | |||
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