Departmental Pay Mr. Leech To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment in cash terms was for senior civil servants in his Department, in each of the last five years. Mr. Bob Ainsworth Average and highest non-consolidated performance related payments made to senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence over the last five years are provided in the following tables. --------------------------------------------------------------- |£ | --------------------------------------------------------------- | |Performance year| --------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Paid in financial year |2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09|2009-10| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Average |5,233|6,511|7,127|8,030|8,177| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Highest |12,500|16,000|17,600|117,000|15,000| --------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Payment of £22,500 was available this year but not awarded.| --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ |£ | ------------------------ | |Performance year| ------------------------ | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| ------------------------ |Paid in financial year|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09|2009-10| ------------------------ |Average |7,243|7,850|20,994|25,041|31,890| ------------------------ |Highest |14,340|12,546|50,000|50,000|84,563| ------------------------