The Department operates two reward systems for its permanent staff. The first, which is for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS), is geared towards recruiting and retaining staff with the right qualities to drive high performance within the organisation. The second system for SCS is based on annual recommendations from the independent Senior Salaries Review Body and its terms of reference can be found in its latest report at the following website:
www.ome.uk.com/review.cfm?body=4
The Department and its agencies also operate a scheme which allows managers to recognise outstanding contributions in particularly demanding situations. These in-year non-consolidated performance payments (IYNCPPs) for the past five years are shown in the following table. The growth in payments over the last three years is related to the abolition of pay flexibilities in the Department's 2006 Reward Strategy and the scheme is currently under review.
The Department operates a long service award scheme—a reward of either a monetary nature or special leave, which is given to staff in recognition of having served for more than 20 years. The figures available for the monetary payments are presented as follows. The information about leave taken instead of payment is not held centrally and would incur disproportional cost to establish.
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 £ Number £ Number £ Number £ Number £ Number IYNCPPs 420,720.92 555 351,886.09 405 326,897.99 256 486,257.55 457 709,386.14 786 Long service award 4,200.00 21 3,200.00 15 3,200.00 16 3,000.00 15 2,400.00 12 Total 424,920.92 576 355,086.09 420 330,097.99 272 489,257.55 472 711,786.14 798
The Department runs a child care voucher scheme and a cycle to work scheme.
Overall staff costs and numbers can be found in the Resource Accounts for each year. The websites for these documents are as follows:
2004-05
www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0506/hc06/0668/0668.asp
2005-06
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_063170
2006-07
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_081317
2007-08
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_089421
2008-09
www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0809/hc04/0456/0456.asp