Departmental Pay

Grant Shapps
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many (a) year-end and (b) in-year bonuses were paid to officials in the Government Equalities Office in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in such bonuses in each such year.

Michael Jabez Foster
Since its creation on 12 October 2007 the Government Equalities Office has awarded the following staff bonuses.

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|Financial year|Number of bonuses|Total of bonuses (£)|
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|2007-08       |25               |37,787              |
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|2008-09       |19               |28,400              |
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|2009-10       |67               |58,850              |
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The Government Equalities does not differentiate between in-year and year-end bonuses.