To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 31 March (WS 83–84), what was the estimated size of the Ministry of Defence's non-consolidated performance-related pay pot for the Senior Civil Service in each of the past five years for which information is available. [HL2903]

The Ministry of Defence Senior Civil Service paybill figures for each year since 2005 and the size of the non-consolidated pay pot as a proportion of the paybill are: