Departmental Pay Norman Lamb To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total monetary value of Senior Civil Service (SCS) non-consolidated performance pay awards was in his Department in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of SCS staff in each pay band received awards in each year; and how much in each award category was received by staff in each pay band each year. Phil Hope Non-consolidated performance payments to senior civil servants are made under the terms set out in the Government's response to the recommendations of the independent Senior Salaries Review Body. A close and effective link between pay and performance and increased use of variable pay is a key element of the reward arrangements for the senior civil service. The total spend on non-consolidated performance pay in each of the last five years was given in the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 544-546W. The numbers and proportions of senior civil servants receiving non-consolidated performance pay in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 is available only at disproportionate cost as the Department's human resources information system does not hold the information in a format which can easily be translated into performance groups. For the last two years, the numbers of senior civil servants in receipt of end year non-consolidated performance pay was: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number and percentage of staff in performance related pay category| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade |1 |2 |3B|3NB|4|| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |No. |% |No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|Total no.| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCS 1 |38 |25|59|39|26|17|20|13|10|7|153| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCS 2 |12 |22|18|33|12|22|6|11|7|13|55| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCS 3 |2 |20|3|30|1|10|1|10|3|30|10| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other |— |— |—|—|—|—|—|—|1|—|1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |52 |24|80|37|39|18|27|12|21|10|219| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Groups 1, 2 and 3B received non-consolidated performance pay whereas groups 3NB and 4 did not.| | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number and percentage of staff in performance related pay category| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade |1 |2 |3B|4|| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |No. |% |No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|Total no.| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCSI |21 |14|43|29|43|29|42|28|149| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCS2. |5 |9 |13|24|20|37|16|30|54| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SCS3. |1 |11|4|44|1|11|3|33|9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |27 |13|60|28|64|30|61|29|212| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Groups 1,2 and 3B received non-consolidated performance pay whereas group 4 did not.| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Lamb To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in non-consolidated performance pay awards to officials in his Department in (a) each year between 1997 and 2004 and (b) 2008-09. Phil Hope A close and effective link between pay and performance and increased use of variable pay is a key element of the Department's reward strategy for all its staff. The Department changed its payroll provider in 2003-04. Information on performance bonus payments prior to 2004-05 is available only from individual payslips. To retrieve information for years prior to 2004-05 would therefore involve disproportionate cost. Information for the years 2004-05 and 2008-09 was given in the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 544-546W. Mr. Scott To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department in each year since 2006. Phil Hope I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 544-546W. Grant Shapps To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. Phil Hope I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 544-546W.