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Met Office: Pay

Volume 506: debated on Friday 26 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been paid in bonuses to staff employed at the Met Office in each of the last five years. (318171)

Met Office staff are eligible to receive performance-related pay based on achievements against specific targets agreed and monitored by the Met Office Board, which are linked to the success of the Met Office at either individual, team or organisational level. Payments are non-consolidated and represent part of Met Office staff remuneration which is at risk and needs to be re-earned each year.

The following table details the amount paid in performance related pay to staff employed at the Met Office in each of the last five years.

£

Total paid in non-consolidated, performance related awards

Average award

2008-09

2,720,000

1,485

2007-08

2,734,000

1,545

2006-07

2,491,000

1,458

2005-06

2,642,000

1,499

2004-05

1,742,000

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