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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 20 April (WA 318) concerning the amount of funding for Senior Civil Servants' performance-related pay, what were the figures requested. [HL3636]
Funding for Senior Civil Servants' performance-related pay is calculated as a percentage of the total pay bill. The attached table summarises the paybill figures for each year since 2005 and the percentage of the paybill that was applied as performance-related pay, in line with SCS pay policy set by the Cabinet Office, following recommendations by the Senior Salaries Review Body.
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SCS Paybill £14,177,765 £18,135,458 £19,208,849 £17,199,520 £18,570,568 Performance Pay Pot 5.0% 6.5% 7.6% 8.6% 8.6%