Civil Service: Administrative Posts Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the annual employers’ cost of each grade used to decide whether to create administrative posts or take on new administrative staff in (a) the Northern Ireland Office, and (b) the Home Civil Service; how these figures are calculated; what amount is used for the employer's cost of superannuation; and how it is calculated. [HL4558] Lord Tunnicliffe I have attached a table which details the average cost of (a) Northern Ireland civil servants and (b) Home civil servants who perform administrative roles across the Northern Ireland Office. When business units create additional posts, cost is only one consideration and a business case must be put forward to Financial Services Division to justify the need for the expenditure. The figures provided in the following tables are based on the average salary of the number of staff in post at April 2008. They take into account employers' national insurance, employers' pension contributions and any allowances paid using 2007/08 national insurance and superannuation rules. Superannuation costs are calculated as a percentage of salary and I have included a further table which details accruing superannuation liability charges (ASLCs). ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade |Northern Ireland Civil Servant|Home Civil Servant| ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade A |£59,914 |£62,127 | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade B1|£42,210 |£46,767 | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade B2|£34,041 |£36,051 | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade C |£26,517 |£30,086 | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade D1|£19,491 |£22,766 | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade D2|£ 6,612 |£19,796 | ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salary Band|Annual Pensionable Salary 2007/08|Employers' ASLC Charge| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |£ pa |% of salary | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 |Up to 19,999 |16.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |2 |20,000 to 40,699 |17.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 |40,700 to 87,799 |21.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |4 |87,800 and over |23.5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------