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Non-consolidated variable pay awards are funded from within existing pay bill controls and have to be re-earned each year. They do not add to future pay bill costs. In the case of the senior Civil Service, the percentage of paybill set aside for performance-related awards is based on recommendations from the independent Senior Salaries Review Body. For staff at
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The following tables show, for the department and its agencies, how many people were eligible for (estimated at year end) and received a non-consolidated variable pay award and the average and maximum payment for
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| Core Department of Health | ||||||
| 2006-071 | 2007-081 | 2008-09 | ||||
| SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | |
1. The table includes both in-year and end-year non-consolidated performance payments. End-year payments are in respect of performance in the previous year; that is, end-year payments made in 2008-09 relate to performance year 2007-08 etc.
2. The number of eligible staff will be slightly underestimated as there are a number of staff with "unknown" grades on the department's HR information system.
3. In addition, an individual employed on a SCS non-standard form of contract, which links a higher than normal percentage of their pay to performance, received total non-consolidated payments of £27,500 in 2007-08 and £49,004 in 2008-09.
| Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | ||||||
| 2006-071 | 2007-081 | 2008-091 | ||||
| SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | |
1. The table includes both in-year and end-year non-consolidated performance payments. End-year payments are in respect of performance in the previous year; that is, end-year payments made in 2008-09 relate to performance year 2007-08 etc.
| NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency | ||||||
| 2006-071 | 2007-081 | 2008-091 | ||||
| SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | SCS | Non-SCS | |
1. The table includes both in-year and end-year non-consolidated performance payments. End-year payments are in respect of performance in the previous year; that is, end-year payments made in 2008-09 relate to performance year 2007-08 etc.
2. Where there are less than five employees in a grade, data are omitted on grounds of confidentiality.
Government: Office Equipment
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Barbara Follett, on 9 December 2009 (Official Report, Commons, col. 390W), what was the average purchase price, excluding value added tax, of a 500 sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm photocopier paper paid by (a) the Central Office of Information, (b) the Charity Commission, (c) the UK Statistics Authority, (d) the National School of Government, (e) the Audit Commission, and (f) the Cabinet Office in the latest period for which figures are available. [HL991]
Baroness Crawley: As part of its commitment to the Government's sustainable procurement agenda the Cabinet Office uses Evolve (100 per cent recycled) 80 gsm copier paper at an average cost of £1.77 for a 500 sheet ream. The average costs to the Central Office of Information and the National School of Government, for a 500 sheet ream, were £1.96 and £1.66 respectively. The Charity Commission uses a combination of Evolve (100 per cent recycled) 80 gsm copier paper at its
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The Cabinet Office is not responsible for the Audit Commission.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Barbara Follett, on 9 December 2009 (Official Report, Commons, col. 390W), what was the average purchase price, excluding value added tax, of a 500 sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm photocopier paper paid by (a) HM Courts Service, and (b) the Ministry of Justice in the latest period for which figures are available. [HL995]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): The purchase of stationery items has being consolidated. The Ministry of Justice, which includes HM Courts Service, therefore uses only two white A4 80gsm photocopier papers. Reducing the varying number of photocopier papers has enabled the ministry to negotiate competitive pricing, giving the tax payer value for money. If the average price of these products were disclosed it would breach the commercial confidentially provisions in the contract and would give an unfair advantage to other suppliers.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Barbara Follett, on 9 December 2009 (Official Report, Commons, col. 390W), what was the average purchase price, excluding value added tax, of a 500 sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm photocopier paper paid by the Home Office and each of its agencies in the latest period for which figures are available. [HL1030]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): As part of its commitment to the Government's sustainable procurement agenda, the department uses recycled photocopier paper. The average purchasing costs, excluding value added tax, of a 500-sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm recycled paper paid for by the Home Office and each of its agencies, in the latest period for which figures are available, are in the attached table:
| Recycled photocopier paper | Home Office and UKBA | CRB | IPS |
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