To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the effective date is for pay awards to her Department’s staff; and what the actual implementation date was in each of the last five years. (104698)

[holding answer 5 December 2006]: Effective dates for pay awards for senior civil servants (SCS) and non-SCS staff in the Department for Communities and Local Government are 1 April and 1 August, respectively. In the last five years:

SCS pay awards have generally been paid in July.

Some payments have been made to non-SCS staff in August and remaining awards paid in November. The exception was the 2003 award, when remaining awards were paid in February 2004.

Awards are backdated to the effective dates.