Departments: Pay Dr. Cable To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many staff in her Department and its predecessor received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement. Vera Baird The Ministry of Justice employs staff previously employed on several sets of different terms and conditions, each with their own arrangements for bonus payments. The information provided in the following table relates to former DCA Senior Civil Service (SCS) and grades below SCS. It excludes magistrates courts staff who became civil servants within this Department in April 2005 and whose terms and conditions do not normally allow for payment of performance or special bonuses. It also excludes those staff in the Tribunals Service and who joined former DCA on 1 April 2006 for whom information is not currently available. Information for Her Majesty’s Prison Service (below SCS) is provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paid in calendar year |Staff receiving bonuses|Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage)|Total amount awarded (£)|Largest award (£)| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |43 |46 |170,557 |6,500 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |69 |72 |268,900 |11,200 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |105 |84 |537,687 |12,690 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |118 |79 |821,750 |17,500 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20071 |— |— |— |— | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 No bonuses have yet been paid to members of the SCS during 2007| | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paid in financial year |Staff receiving bonuses|Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage)|Total amount awarded (£)|Largest award (£)| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |995 |7 |253,258 |— | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |447 |3.1 |343,347 |— | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |1,649 |11.6 |412,898 |5,304 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |1,809 |12.8 |487,753 |5,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Data show payments for each financial year from 2002-03. Comprehensive information is not yet available for 2006-07.2. Data covering largest award are not available prior to 2004 when the current recognition and reward scheme was launched.3. Proportions refer to the number of staff eligible to be awarded special bonuses under their terms and conditions (i.e. these exclude former Magistrates Courts Service Staff).| | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paid in calendar year |Staff receiving bonuses|Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage)|Total amount awarded (£)|Largest award (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,131 |9.27 |502,030 |725 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |1,430 |9 |572,000 |400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |1,881 |13.3 |752,400 |400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |1,995 |14.1 |798,000 |400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |1,848 |13.2 |739,200 |400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Data referring to Proportion of staff receiving bonuses refer only to staff on relevant terms and conditions (i.e. only include former DCA and Court Service Staff but exclude staff on Magistrates Courts terms and conditions).2. Prior to 2003 performance bonuses in former LCD were linked to grade—from 2004 a flat rate was applied.| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HM Prison Service became an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007. Information on the number and proportion of staff receiving special bonuses, the total amount of bonuses awarded and the largest payment in each year within the public sector Prison Service is contained in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paid in financial year|Staff receiving bonuses|Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage)|Total amount awarded (£)|Largest award (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |1,268 |3 |463,449 |4,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |1,983 |4 |740,443 |4,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |3,375 |7 |868,594 |5,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |3,004 |6 |983,273 |15,802 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |2,432 |5 |873,141 |5,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April-June 07 |518 |1 |250,453 |20,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of staff who joined the Ministry of Justice from the Home Office are currently being collated. Therefore it has not been possible to identify Ministry of Justice staff on former Home Office terms (including from the National Offender Management Service) who received bonuses under their previous schemes within the available timescales.