Departmental Pay

John McDonnell
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff.

Mr. Malik
[holding answer 26 June 2009]: The Department for Communities and Local Government and its agencies are not proposing to request money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff.