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To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of staff in the Northern Ireland Office received bonuses in each of the past five years. [HL1849]
The Northern Ireland Office operates three non-consolidated performance payment schemes. The special bonus scheme rewards particularly meritorious contributions during the year. Two end of year schemes reward performance and delivery throughout the year for grades D2 to A and the Senior Civil Service. The percentages of staff who received these in each of the past five years are set out in the following table.
Year Special Bonuses End of year bonuses 2007-08 38.8% 19.5% 2006-07 48.3% 15.5% 2005-06 37.1% 14.0% 2004-05 41.5% 90.6% 2003-04 36.6% 91.9%
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To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last consulted the appropriate trade unions about the payment of bonuses to staff of the Northern Ireland Office; and what was the outcome of the consultation. [HL1852]
Trade Unions (PCS, FDA and NIPSA) were formally consulted in April 2007 regarding the Northern Ireland Office multi-year pay offer which included non-consolidated performance payments. The pay offer was accepted with a number of “re-opening clauses” (that is clauses permitting further discussions on a variety of matters), one of which reflected the trade unions' wish to discuss non-consolidated performance payment schemes again before the 2009 pay award.