Departmental Pay

Grant Shapps
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much funding his Department has allocated for (a) year end and (b) in year bonuses for its staff in 2009-10.

Mr. Hain
My Department does not allocate a budget specifically for bonuses.

Grant Shapps
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses were paid to officials in his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in such bonuses in each such year.

Mr. Hain
My Department paid the following in year bonuses:

One in 2006-07, nine in 2007-08 and two in 2008-09.

We paid the following year end bonuses:

Zero in 2006-07, five in 2007-08 and one in 2008-09.

The total amount paid in each year is as follows:

£862.30 in 2006-07, £5,200 in 2007-08 and £2,050 in 2008-09.