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Written question asked by Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 5 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Incentive Packages

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004–05.
Answer

Details of pay supplements, bonuses and other incentive packages paid to DCA staff broken down by DCA administrative area for the year ending 31 March 2005 follow. The information is not readily available broken down by Government office regions.The information requested is not readily available for staff previously employed by magistrates courts committees and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Count and value of allowances by DCA region
DCA region
Allowancedescription London Midlands North East North West South East South West Wales and Cheshire Grand total
Area Director Responsibility Allowance
Value (£) — 20,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 20,000 20,000 90,000
People — 2 1 1 1 2 2 9
Extended Working Hours
Value (£) — 50,489 — — — — — 50,489
People — 62 — — — — — 62
Job Specific Market Supp.
Value (£) 381,500 — — — 2,000 — — 383,500
People 100 — — — 2 — — 102
Local Market Supplement
Value (£) 24,500 1,000 — — 161,100 — — 186,600
People 22 1 — — 174 — — 197
Local Pay Addition
Value (£) 1,700 300 — — 27,300 8,500 — 37,800
People 3 1 — — 69 17 — 90
Local Pay Addition EO
Value (£) 600 — — — 7,700 1,000 — 9,300
People 3 — — — 23 2 — 28
London Pay Addition
Value (£) 24,797 — — — 6,255 — — 31,052
People 173 — — — 37 — — 210
London Pay Addition EO
Value (£) 9,270 — — — 1,548 — — 10,818
People 191 — — — 16 — — 207
Accountancy Allowance
Value (£) 184,300 9,200 — 3,150 — 3,150 6,300 206,100
People 42 3 — 1 — 1 2 49
Auditors' Allowance
Value (£) 67,000 48,000 15,000 5,000 — 29,000 3,000 167,000
People 15 10 3 1 — 7 1 37
Total value (£) 693,667 128,989 25,000 18,150 213,903 61,650 29,300 1,170,659
Total count of staff in receipt of allowances 549 79 4 3 321 29 5 990

DCA performance and bonus payments 2004–05

Performance bonus payments based on annual appraisal markings
DCA region Total Value (£) Total cost (including employers NIC) (£)
London 802 320,800 350,634
Midlands 208 83,200 90,938
North East 189 75,600 82,631
North West 202 80,800 88,314
South East 260 104,000 113,672
Wales and Cheshire 95 38,000 41,534
South West 145 58,000 63,394
Grand total 1,901 760,400 831,117
Small bonus payments (under £50 to individuals or teams)(45)
£
Value 244,525
Cost (incl. employers NIC) 267,266
(45) Payments are not recorded by region
Special bonuses
DCA region Total Value (£) Total cost (including employers NIC) (£)
London 973 315,560 344,907
Midlands 148 35,714 39,035
North East 59 10,066 11,002
North West 202 24,516 26,796
South East 212 35,510 38,812
Wales and Cheshire 74 10,215 11,165
South West 76 17,473 19,098
Grand total 1,744 449,054 490,816

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35916; 441 c240-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Civil servants Expenditure Incentives Government departments Pay Location Department for Constitutional Affairs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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