The Department for International Development (DFID) currently has one contract let centrally that includes a provision for bonuses. DFID's contract for security guarding and reception services with ISS Pegasus includes a provision for team based performance incentives for their 13 staff. £500 has been paid to each staff member in each of the last two years.
No bonuses or incentives have been paid to such consultants or contractors over the last three years.
Department for International Development (DFID) senior civil service (SCS) members are eligible for a non-consolidated performance award. Awards are intended to reward delivery of personal business objectives during the reporting year or other short-term personal contributions to wider organisational objectives. In considering SCS members for an award, line managers are asked to take into account:
performance against agreed priority business objectives or targets
total delivery record over the year
relative stretch (ie the challenge of the job compared to that of others)
response to unforeseen events that affected the performance agreement.
Awards are funded within existing pay bill controls, have to be re-earned each year against the pre-determined criteria above and, as such, do not add to future pay bill costs.
The annual size of the non-consolidated performance pay pot for SCS is based on recommendations by the independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).
The following table contains, for the last two financial years: (i) the number of SCS who received an award; (ii) the percentage of all SCS who received an award; (iii) the largest single payment; and (iv) the total value of awards made.
2008-09 2009-10 Number of SCS who received an award 71 68 Percentage of total SCS who received an award 73.9 70.1 Largest single award (£) 22,700 15,000 Total SCS awards (£) 641,510 634,150
Staff in grades below the SCS (HCS) are eligible for a non-consolidated performance award. Awards are intended to reward both the delivery of personal business objectives during the reporting year and demonstration of DFID’s values.
The following table contains, for the last two financial years: (i) the number of HCS who received an award; (ii) the percentage of all HCS who received an award; (iii) the largest single payment; and (iv) the total value of awards made.
2008-092 2009-10 Number of HCS who received an award 0 1,312 Percentage of total HCS who received an award 0 85.0 Largest single award (£) 0 750 Total HCS awards (£) 0 742,515 1 Payments made are for the financial year indicated but relate to performance achieved in the previous reporting year. 2 DFID’s reward arrangements did not allow for the payment of any performance related awards in the 2008-09 financial year to staff below the senior civil service.
Department for International Development (DFID) senior civil service (SCS) members are eligible for a non-consolidated performance award. Awards are intended to reward delivery of personal business objectives during the reporting year or other short-term personal contributions to wider organisational objectives. In considering SCS members for an award, line managers are asked to take into account:
performance against agreed priority business objectives or targets;
total delivery record over the year
relative stretch (ie the challenge of the job compared to that of others)
response to unforeseen events that affected the performance agreement
Awards are funded within existing pay bill controls, have to be re-earned each year against the pre-determined criteria above and, as such, do not add to future pay bill costs.
The annual size of the non-consolidated performance pay pot is based on recommendations by the independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).
The table shows the average (median) award and the highest single award in each of the last five financial years.
Financial year1 Average (median) award Highest single award 2005-06 3,750 5,500 2006-07 4,500 8,000 2007-08 5,750 12,500 2008-09 6,350 22,700 2009-10 7,357 15,000 1 Payments made are for the financial year indicated but relate to performance achieved in the previous reporting year.