Written question asked by Baroness Byford (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 10 January 2012.

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Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the salary bands and the employer pension contribution percentages on 1 October 1997 for the third lowest grade of civil servant; and what are the figures now.

Answer

The salary bands and the employer pension contribution percentages for 1997 and 2011 are as set out below. The mechanism for calculating the contribution percentages changed on 1 April 1998 and moved from a grade-based approach to a salary-banded approach.

01.04.1997	Grades	Administration Officer and below	11.0%
		Executive Officer to Senior Executive Officer	13.5%
		Grade 7-6 and Senior Civil Service Pay Band1+2	17.5%
		Senior Civil Service Pay Band and above	19.5%
		Industrial Staff	13.0%
		Prison Officers (PO)	21.0%
01.04.2011	Band 1	£21,000 and under	16.7%
	Band 2	£21,001 to 43,500	18.8%
	Band 3	£43,501 to 74,500	21.8%
	Band 4	£74,501 and over	24.3%
	PO	Pre-Fresh Start Prison Officers (ie in post before September 1987)	25.8%

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Type: Written question
Reference: 14379; 734 c37-8WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Government Departments: Staff
Thursday, 12 February 2015
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Subjects: Contributions Civil servants Workplace pensions
Contains statistics: Yes
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