Departmental Pay Sarah Teather To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people in his Office earned over £100,000 in each year since 1997. Mr. Watson The number of staff earning over £100,000 in the Cabinet Office in each year since 1997 are as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year (financial) |Number of staff earning over £100,000 in each year| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997-98 |* | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-99 |* | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999-2000 |10 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000-01 |10 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |20 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |20 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |40 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 102. Numbers less than 5 have been represented by *| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------