Departmental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years. (171544)

The information requested is as follows:

	Count	Cost (£)
1 April 2004 to 31 December 2004	2,437	1715488.74
1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005	2,383	2202508.58
1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006	2,064	2235833.43
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007	2,499	2595262.10

Information for previous years is not held.

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 26 February 2008