Departmental Pay

Danny Alexander

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.

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007