Departments: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement. (143098)

The Department makes bonus payments to its staff for two purposes:

(a) special bonuses to reward outstanding contributions in particularly demanding tasks or situations; and

(b) performance bonuses to reward highly successful performance over a whole year.

*(a) Staff bonuses*
	2006-07
Number of staff awarded special bonuses	111
Percentage of workforce	21.5
Total value of special bonuses (£)	69,565

*(b) Performance bonuses*
	2006-07
Number¹ of staff awarded performance bonuses	154
Percentage of workforce	29.9
Total value of performance bonuses(£)	343,595
¹ 2006-07 relates to the financial year Notes:1. In any one year, some staff may receive both a special bonus and an end year performance bonus. 2. Performance bonus payments relate to performance in the previous year.

The largest single bonus payment was £10,000.

Volume 461: debated on Monday 18 June 2007