Departmental Pay Sarah Teather To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in his Department earned a salary over £100,000 in each year since 1997. Mr. Bradshaw The following table presents the data for the years as requested. Figures for 1997 to 2006 are taken from departmental annual reports. The 2007 figure is taken directly from the Department’s payroll system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |In post date (1 April each year)|Number of staff earning a salary over £100,000 on that date| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |56 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |64 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |71 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |56 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |52 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |39 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |23 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |16 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |12 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Philip Hammond To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years. Mr. Bradshaw The following table presents the total amount of bonuses paid in each year since 2004-05. The Department changed its payroll provider in 2003-04. Information on performance bonuses paid prior to those presented is only available from individual payslips. To retrieve the information for years prior to those presented would therefore involve disproportionate cost. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year in which bonus paid|Year to which bonus applies|Department (£)|Medicines and Healthcare products and Regulatory Agency (£)|NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (£)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |2006-07 |1,382,549 |593,223 |21,644 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |2005-06 |1,400,049 |349,836 |31,758 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |2004-05 |1,252,140 |276,592 |8,600 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |2003-04 |1,064,465 |n/a |9,781 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------