Civil Servants: Pay
Health
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) civil servants, (b) permanent non-civil servants and (c) temporary or agency staff are employed at each (i) grade and (ii) salary range on the 18 week referral to treatment team.
Ben Bradshaw (Minister of State (Health Services; Minister for the South West), Department of Health; Exeter, Labour)
holding answer
The 18 weeks referral to treatment commitment is programme managed by a mixture of civil servants, secondees and temporary staff. The majority of these staff work on this area as part of other wider responsibilities. A breakdown of these staff is shown in the following table:
| Civil servants (by civil service pay band from national pay range minimum to inner London pay range maximum) | ||
| Grade | Number | Salary range (£) |
| Senior Civil Servant Pay Band 2 | 1 | 81,600-160,000 |
| Senior Civil Servant Pay Band 1 | 4 | 57,300-116,000 |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 52,265-72,636 |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 41,481-59,961 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 3 | 30,690-44,473 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 2 | 24,611-36,219 |
| Executive Officer | 1 | 19,445-28,935 |
| Administrative Officer | 1 | 15,530-22,678 |
| Permanent non-civil servants (by national health service pay band unless otherwise stated) | ||
| Grade | Number | Salary range (£) |
| Very Senior Manager (Senior Civil Servant Pay Band 1 equivalent) | 2 | (1)57,300-116,000 |
| Band 9 | 4 | 73,617-93,098 |
| Band 8D | 5 | 62,337-77,179 |
| Band 8C | 2 | 52,007-64,118 |
| Executive Officer (civil service equivalent) | 1 | 19,445-28,935 |
| (1) A percentage of the trust Chief Executive's salary. (See following note) Note: See Appendix E of "Pay Framework for Very Senior Managers (VSM) in Strategic and Special Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and Ambulance Trusts" (October 2008)—a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The two VSM fall within the Senior Civil Servant pay band 1 equivalent range. | ||
| Temporary or agency staff (by NHS pay band or civil service pay band equivalent) | ||
| Grade | Number | Salary range (£) |
| Band 9 (NHS equivalent) | 1 | 73,617-93,098 |
| Band 8D (NHS equivalent) | 2 | 62,337-77,179 |
| Band 8C (NHS equivalent) | 3 | 52,007-64,118 |
| Band 8B (NHS equivalent) | 2 | 43,211-53,432 |
| Band 6 (NHS equivalent) | 1 | 24,103-32,653 |
| Band 5 (NHS equivalent) | 1 | 20,225-26,123 |
| Grade 7 (civil service equivalent) | 2 | 41,481-59,961 |
| Higher Executive Officer (civil service equivalent) | 1 | 24,611-36,219 |
| Administrative Officer (civil service equivalent) | 1 | 15,530-22,678 |
| Temporary NHS clinical advice/patient representation from the charity sector | ||
| Grade | Number | Sessional day rate range (£) |
| NHS Medical Consultants/GPs/Patient representatives | 6 | 300-800 |