The following table summarises the gross salaries and other payments made to permanent staff (including ministers and special advisers) from financial year 1999-2000 to 2007-08. These figures are drawn from the Department's published resource accounts. Figures prior to 1999-2000 were produced using different accounting principles and can only be reproduced on a comparable basis at disproportionate cost.
Department Salaries1 (£ million) 2007-08 Department for Children Schools and Families 98 2006-07 Department for Education and Skills 115 2005-06 Department for Education and Skills 119 2004-05 Department for Education and Skills 125 2003-04 Department for Education and Skills 130 2002-03 Department for Education and Skills 117 2001-02 Department for Education and Skills 110 2000-01 Department for Education and Employment 681 1999-2000 Department for Education and Employment 640 1 The salary figure includes: gross salary; performance pay and bonuses; overtime; reserved rights to London weighting or London allowances; recruitment and retention allowances; private office allowances; and other allowances to the extent they are subject to UK taxation.
Separate information on bonus payments made to staff would be available only at disproportionate cost.