Written question asked by John Marek (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 May 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Marjorie Mowlam (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the notional (a) minimum and (b) maximum salary is for each of the senior five administrative civil service grade pay scales assuming the same pay awards and an averaging of performance related pay for each grade. - Includes table and figures.

Answer: Dr. Marek: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the notional (a) minimum and (b) maximum salary is for each of the senior five administrative civil service grade pay scales assuming the same pay awards and an averaging of performance related pay for each grade. [160857] Marjorie Mowlam: In 1996, the senior civil service was created to cover the top 3,000 civil servants formerly in grades 1-5. Members of the senior civil service are placed in one of nine overlapping pay bands broadly according to job weight. Permanent Secretaries have separate pay range. The band minima and maxima for 2001-02 are as follows: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Minimum Maximum Band 1 44,038 69,178 Band 2 48,552 77,869 Band 3 53,534 87,598 Band 4 59,088 98,494 Band 5 64,768 104,292 Band 6 70,905 110,428 Band 7 77,635 116,904 Band 8 84,811 123,856 Band 9 92,696 131,276 Permanent Secretaries 104,292 179,022 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The average individual performance--related award for members of the senior civil service for 2000-01 was 4.8 per cent.

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