Civil Service: Performance Pay

House of Lords written question – answered at on 1 June 2009.

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Photo of Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Spokesperson for the Treasury, Spokesperson for Work and Pensions

To ask Her Majesty's Government (a) what the total monetary value of Senior Civil Service non-consolidated performance pay awards was in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) how many and what proportion of the Senior Civil Service staff in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office received performance pay awards by SCS pay band, and (c) how those awards were distributed by pay band and award category, for each of the past five years for which data are available.

Photo of Lord Malloch-Brown Lord Malloch-Brown Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Minister of State (Africa, Asia and the UN)

Non-consolidated performance related pay arrangements for staff in the Senior Civil Service/Senior Management Structure in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) follow a framework set centrally for Whitehall departments and based on the Government's response to the annual recommendations of the Senior Salaries Review Body.

The total monetary value of non-consolidated, non-pensionable performance-related variable pay awards for SMS staff in the FCO in each year was:

2008: £2,435,100 for performance in 2007-08. 2007: £2,201,790 for performance in 2006-07. 2006: £2,086,636 for performance in 2005-06. 2005: £1,509,410 for performance in 2004-05.

The number and proportion of eligible staff who received non-consolidated performance payments in each year was:

2008: 288 (75 per cent)2007: 348 (83 per cent)2006: 336 (78 per cent)2005: 375 (83 per cent)

Individual awards were distributed in the following ranges:

2008

Pay band 1: £0 - £11,500. Pay band 2: £0 - £14,000. Pay band 3: £0 - £17,000.

2007

Pay band 1: £0 - £11,000. Pay band 2: £0 - £14,000. Pay band 3: £0 - £16,000.

2006

Pay band 1: £0 - £9,000. Pay band 2: £0 - £10,000. Pay band 3: £0 - £14,000.

2005

Pay band 1: £0 - £6,000. Pay band 2: £0 - £7,000. Pay band 3: £0 - £13,000.

Breaking these bonus payments down further by category and pay band would involve disproportionate cost.

We do not hold records in our central database of payments before 2005.

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