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 Lord Touhig (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 January 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Staff

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

Answer: The Ministry of Defence has national pay scales for the 70,000 staff below the senior civil service who are covered by the MOD main pay deal. Staff appointed/recruited to London since 1999 receive a four per cent or 7 per cent. pay supplement (dependent on pay level) while they work in London—the higher rate applies to junior administrative staff and equivalents. Staff serving in overseas locations also receive the London pay supplement. Overall, 3,075 staff are in receipt of the London pay supplement at an annual cost of £3,149,909.40.As MOD establishments are generally in remote locations, local recruitment and retention allowances (RRA) are payable in a number of areas. There are 137 locational RRA's in operation currently payable to 15,022 staff in total at an annual cost of £28,421,339.32.Bonuses and other incentive packages are not payable on a geographic basis.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 35889; 441 c500W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Civil servants Expenditure Incentives Government departments Pay Location Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk