Departmental Pay Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; what proportion of the total work force they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement. Paul Goggins Non-consolidated performance payments are made to staff in the senior civil service in line with Cabinet Office Guidance and also to staff at grades D2 to A in line with HM Treasury Guidance. These payments are made at the end of the reporting year to reward performance throughout the year retrospectively. Under a separate scheme special performance payments are awarded to staff at grades D2 to A. Figures for the last two years are set out in the following tables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2007-08 |2008-09 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of staff |1409 |563 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Proportion (percentage) |26 |28 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total amount (£) |609,875.00|599,048.50| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Largest payment (£) |18,000 |11,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 The details for the 2007-08 non-consolidated performance payments do not include payments made by the Northern Ireland Prison Service to staff below senior civil service.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- | |2007-08 |2008-09 | ----------------------------------------------- |Number of staff |809 |996 | ----------------------------------------------- |Proportion (percentage)|40 |49 | ----------------------------------------------- |Total amount(£) |227,349.48|260,865.00| ----------------------------------------------- |Largest payment (£) |750 |900 | -----------------------------------------------