To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administrative staff in the Veterinary Medicines Agency in each of the last five years. (286367)

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Executive agency of DEFRA and follows DEFRA’s pay agreements for staff outside the senior civil service. Non-consolidated performance payments for directors are paid under the senior civil service pay agreement and the payments for the chief executive is part of his contract of employment. The VMD’s other staff are eligible for non-consolidated performance payments under the DEFRA scheme. Many of VMD’s staff straddle the categories requested so it has not been possible to break down the total annual payments for these staff which are set out in the following table.