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Departments: Pay

Volume 461: debated on Friday 15 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the NHS in each year between 1997 and 2006; and what the total cost was of those bonuses in each year. (139265)

The available information is as follows:

Number of bonuses awarded

Total cost (£)

2004-05

123

642,625.00

2005-06

172

884,985.88

2006-07

164

1,073,050.62

The information for years between 1997-98 and 2003-04 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)

Number of bonuses awarded

Total cost (£)

2005-06

62

254,567.60

2006-07

60

342,597.00

NHS PASA (Purchasing and Supply Agency)

Number of bonuses awarded

Total cost (£)

2005-06

2

7,430.00

2006-07

7

31,758.45

Both the MHRA and NHS PASA do not hold bonus information going back any further then 2005-06.

The national health service does not employ senior civil servants.