BIS was formed through a MOG change that occurred in June 2009. The Department was created by merging The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Due to the timing of the MOG change it was decided that both Departments would continue with separate remits for 2009-10 before producing a single BIS remit for 2010-11. The two former Departments have allocated the following amounts of money for performance awards in 2009-10:
BERR DIUS Amount of money allocated for “in year” performance awards (£) 427,578 — Percentage of pay bill allocated for “in year” performance awards 0.40 — Amount of money allocated for annual performance awards (£) 931,300 280,756 Percentage of pay bill allocated for annual performance awards 0.86 0.70 FTEs 2,300 784 Notes: 1. The data included cover all staff below the SCS. 2. The DIUS data for the “in year” performance award budget are currently unavailable as these are held locally at an individual group level. The “in year” performance bonuses that were awarded in 2008-09 totalled £13,855.