Departments: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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. (143099)

The following tables give the number of bonuses awarded to DFID staff in 2006-07. All bonus payments are non-pensionable.

Bonuses awarded to DFID senior civil servants (SCS)
	2006-07
Number of awards	66
Percentage of total SCS workforce	78
Total cost (£)	389,100
Largest single payment (£)	12,000

*Bonuses awarded to DFID staff in grades below the SCS*
	2006-07
Number of awards	1,020
Percentage of total HCS workforce below the SCS	62
Total cost (£)	558,233
Largest single payment (£)	1,150

Volume 461: debated on Thursday 21 June 2007