To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff in his 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 he will make a statement. (143101)

Information for Executive Assistant to Grade 6 bonus payments received in 2006-07 is not yet available. Members of the Senior Civil Service will not receive their bonus payments until November 2007.

For my Department’s most up to date information, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1706W.