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Departmental Pay

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in 2006-07; and what the total cost of those bonuses was. (166829)

There were 242 bonuses awarded to senior civil servants working at the Department for Work and Pensions and its agencies in 2006-07.

The total cost of those bonuses was £1,787,847.

Bonus type

Number

Amount (£)

2006-07 DWP senior civil service pay round bonuses

200

1,675,366

Other bonus payments1

42

112,481

Total

242

1,787,847

1 Includes bonuses paid outside the DWP senior civil service pay round to:

Permanent secretaries (performance bonuses);

Staff transferring in from other Government Departments (performance bonuses awarded by the other Department);

Newly promoted staff as part of their junior pay award, and

Senior civil servants as special bonuses (through the DWP special bonus scheme for staff).

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in his Department and its predecessors were paid over £100,000 in each year since 1997. (167204)

The information is in the following table.

Employees with full-time equivalent gross salary (excluding bonuses) greater than £100,000

Number

September 2006

40

April 2005

30

April 2004

20

April 2003

20

April 2002

20

April 2001

April 2000

April 1999

April 1998

April 1997

Numbers less than five are represented by ‘—’.

Notes:

1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. DSS and Employment Service prior to 2002.

Source:

Mandate provided by ONS.