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Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 December 2007. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Pay

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years.
Answer

The number and value of annual appraisal related bonuses paid to members of the senior civil service (SCS), to fixed term appointees and to civil servants below the level of the SCS covered by the MOD main pay deal (excluding trading funds), over the past five years, are listed in the tables one to three as follows.

Table 1: bonuses paid to senior civil servants
Number of bonuses paid Value of bonuses paid (£)
2007-08 186 1,325,700
2006-07 181 1,178,500
2005-06 184 918,000
2004-05 136 711,737
2003-04 140 701,221
Table 2: bonuses paid to fixed term appointees
Number of bonuses paid Value of bonuses paid (£)
2007-08 ¹13 286,699
2006-07 10 73,191
2005-06 10 65,586
2004-05 14 112,329
2003-04 13 86,531
¹ There are four outstanding bonus payments still to be agreed.
Table 3: end of year bonuses paid to staff below the level of the SCS
Number of bonuses paid Value of bonuses paid (£)
2007-08 52,193 39,695,110
2006-07 46,463 36,197,006
2005-06 38,766 37,962,800
2004-05 36,043 29,312,275
2003-04 27,497 20,203,875

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
470 c517W; 171547
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Pay Ministry of Defence
Link
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