Departmental Pay Mr. Philip Hammond To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) staff at senior civil service level in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the 2007-08 financial year; and how many payments were made. Kevin Brennan The Department has used delegated powers to introduce more extensive non-consolidated performance pay to reward for the most effective and best performers. Performance bonus rewards are based on a judgement of how well an individual has performed relative to their peers. The top 20-25 per cent. performers receive the highest bonus payment. During 2007, 50 per cent. of staff received a bonus worth between 2 per cent. and 4 per cent. The breakdown of bonuses for the senior civil service for the 2007-08 financial year is set out in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Number of bonus awards made to senior civil servants in DCSF|Total cost of the bonuses awarded (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08|91 |577,972.38 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The breakdown of bonuses for all other staff is set out in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Number of bonus awards made to all other staff in DCSF|Total cost of the bonuses awarded (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08|1,894 |1,346,407.61 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Department has no executive agencies.