To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years. (249867)

The information requested is as follows:

2007: £2,201,790 on variable pay for 348 SCS/SMS staff;

2008: £2,435,100 on variable pay for 288 staff.