Departments: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the payscale is of (a) civil servants and (b) those employed on a contractual basis in his Department’s Commercial Directorate. (148832)

Civil Servants in the Department are employed on the pay scale listed as follows.

*National pay rates*
£
	Minimum	Maximum
Administrative Officer	14,826	¹19,449
Executive Officer	18,519	¹28,112
Higher Executive Officer	23,721	32,627
Senior Executive Officer	29,298	¹41,991
Grade 7	39,695	¹56,543
Grade 6	50,014	68,410
¹2007-08

The pay ranges and target rates for senior civil servants as at 1 April 2007 are as follows:

£
Pay band	Minimum	Progression target rate/salary band mid-point	Recruitment and performance ceiling
1	56,100	78,540	116,000
2	81,600	¹120,800	160,000
3	99,960	¹152,480	205,000
¹2007-08

The Commercial Directorate does not employ contractors but does commission services from a range of organisations. Those services are subject to the bandings listed as follows:

*Commercial directorate contractor bandings*
Level
1	Director/Partner	£950 to £1,500
2	Managing Consultant	£750 to £950
3	Senior Consultant	£550 to £750
4	Consultant	£400 to £550
5	Junior Consultant	£250 to £400

Volume 462: debated on Wednesday 11 July 2007