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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of approving bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to all staff.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of approving bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to all staff.
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 March 2010
For answer on
22 March 2010
Answered on
6 April 2010
The 2009 pre-Budget report announced a set of fundamental reforms to pay-setting for senior staff, as part of this, I will approve all bonus payments of over £50,000 where ministerial sign-off is needed. For public sector bodies where ministerial approval is not required, the Government expect all organisations making any bonus payments in excess of £50,000, to publicly justify this level to the relevant Secretary of State.
Subjects
Government departments; Pay; Public sector
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
508 c1301W; 323580
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of the change in the public sector wage bill attributable to (a) pay awards and (b) grade drift in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of the change in the public sector wage bill attributable to (a) pay awards and (b) grade drift in each year since 1997.
Asked by
David Amess
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 February 2010
For answer on
24 February 2010
Answered on
9 March 2010
The ONS publish the Average Earnings Index (AEI) for the public sector on a monthly basis, which is available from 1997 at:"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=9537"The difference between average earnings growth and pay settlements can be attributed to a number of factors, such as progression payments, performance related pay and grade drift (when it occurs). The ONS do not however break down the data in this way.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
9 March 2010
Reference
507 c271-2W; 318662
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many officials in each public sector body earn more than £150,000.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many officials in each public sector body earn more than £150,000.
Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 January 2010
For answer on
20 January 2010
Answered on
25 February 2010
I have been asked to reply.Individual pay decisions are made by individual public sector bodies and Departments so this information is not held centrally. The Office for National Statistics collects the annual salaries of civil servants, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) and I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to him on 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 1035-1036W.Following the 2009 pre-Budget report, all public sector bodies subject to direct ministerial control will be required to publish the salary, including benefits in kind and the level of any bonus, of named individuals paid more than £150,000 to the nearest £5,000 and the number of staff paid more than £50,000 in £5,000 increments. The Government will expect other public bodies to comply with this level of disclosure.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c702W; 312260
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 7 December 2009 on Smarter Government, whether the policy of requiring the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to approve public sector salaries over £150,000 and bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to (a) non-ministerial...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 7 December 2009 on Smarter Government, whether the policy of requiring the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to approve public sector salaries over £150,000 and bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to (a) non-ministerial...
Asked by
Nick Hurd
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 January 2010
For answer on
2 February 2010
Answered on
9 February 2010
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) on 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1067W.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
9 February 2010
Reference
505 c932W; 315250
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government’s policy that public sector posts over £150,000 will require his Department’s explicit approval will apply to local government chief executives.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government’s policy that public sector posts over £150,000 will require his Department’s explicit approval will apply to local government chief executives.
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 January 2010
For answer on
18 January 2010
Answered on
29 January 2010
The 2009 pre-Budget report announced a set of fundamental reforms to pay-setting for senior staff, including:""New scrutiny of pay levels above £150,000: the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will approve pay levels in excess of £150,000 for all civil service appointments and appointments to public sector bodies which are subject to Ministerial approval. This will also apply to all bonus payments of over £50,000 where Ministerial sign-off is needed. For public sector bodies where Ministerial approval is not required, the Government expects all organisations making senior managerial appointments in excess of £150,000 to publicly justify this level, and any bonus in excess of £50,000, to the relevant Secretary of State.""For local government chief executives, the Government expect that any senior appointment in excess of £150,000 will have to be publicly justified to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Subjects
Local government; Pay
Date
29 January 2010
Reference
504 c1145-6W; 311659
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what mechanism the Government plans to vet public sector employment contracts paying more than £150,000; and whether that mechanism will apply to existing contracts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what mechanism the Government plans to vet public sector employment contracts paying more than £150,000; and whether that mechanism will apply to existing contracts.
Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 January 2010
For answer on
20 January 2010
Answered on
28 January 2010
As announced in the 2009 pre-Budget report (CM 7747) at paragraph 6.50, I shall approve pay levels in excess of £150,000 for appointments subject to ministerial approval (including those within the civil service). Where ministerial approval is not required the Government expect all organisations making appointments on salaries in excess of £150,000 to publicly justify this to the relevant Secretary of State.This will apply to new contracts, including cases of reappointment or appointment to a new post.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
28 January 2010
Reference
504 c1067W; 312165
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will establish a commission to inquire into high pay; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will establish a commission to inquire into high pay; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
John Battle
(Labour)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 December 2009
For answer on
14 December 2009
Answered on
5 January 2010
I have been asked to reply.Pre-Budget report 2009 announced a set of fundamental reforms for pay-setting of senior public sector staff focusing on:"New scrutiny of pay levels above £150,000 and bonuses above £50,000""New requirements to publish salaries of senior public sector staff to increase transparency and accountability""The Prime Minister will ask Bill Cockburn as chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body to lead a review of senior pay across the public sector, reporting by Budget 2010."
Subjects
Pay
Date
5 January 2010
Reference
503 c107-8W; 307439
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher paid public sector posts will require his Department's approval for payment of a salary above a defined level.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher paid public sector posts will require his Department's approval for payment of a salary above a defined level.
Asked by
Lord Redwood
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 December 2009
For answer on
14 December 2009
Answered on
5 January 2010
All public sector posts requiring ministerial approval of the appointment where there is a proposal to pay a salary of £150,000 or more will require my approval. In addition, any proposals to make a non-consolidated performance related payment of £50,000 or more to such posts will also require my approval. Detailed guidance on the process for applying for approval will be issued shortly.For all other public sector appointments, where ministerial approval is not required, the relevant Secretary of State will expect all public organisations within their sectors to publicly justify any appointments on salaries of £150,000 or more as well as the payment of £50,000 or more in non-consolidated performance pay.In terms of the number of posts requiring Treasury approval, this will depend on demand for senior public sector staff going forward, and the relevant labour market conditions at the time.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
5 January 2010
Reference
503 c169W; 307125
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in the number of higher paid public sector posts in the next three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in the number of higher paid public sector posts in the next three years.
Asked by
Lord Redwood
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 December 2009
For answer on
14 December 2009
Answered on
5 January 2010
The Government are committed to re-shaping the civil service and "Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government" announced that Government will modernise civil service structures and reduce the cost of the senior civil service, saving £100 million annually within three years.
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
5 January 2010
Reference
503 c169W; 307158
House
House of Commons
I understand that the draft guidance has been published. The proposals that we have introduced are designed to bite on banking groups, but we remain open to the possibility of extending the legislation and the tax if the avoidance measures that some have talked about are put into practice.
I understand that the draft guidance has been published. The proposals that we have introduced are designed to bite on banking groups, but we remain open to the possibility of extending the legislation and the tax if the avoidance measures that some have talked about are put into practice.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Vincent Cable
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
On the Government's proposal to tax banks' bonus remuneration, are the Government yet in a position to say which of the 192 regulated banks it will apply to; what the main exempted categories are, be they shares or contractual agreements; and, as it will take a long time to suss out the difficult avoidance possibilities, whether they have ruled out the possibility of extending the policy into the next financial year?
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c786-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Fixing the very poor level of public sector pay that we inherited was of course a priority for us, and that is why over the past 10 or 11 years the pay of teachers has gone up by 52 per cent., that of police officers by 57 per cent. and that of nurses by 65 per cent. I think that, by and large, we have fixed the investment gap that we inherited from the Conservatives, but as we move into the years ahead we have to prioritise halving the deficit over four years. That is why we are asking for pay restraint in the public sector, starting with public service leaders, whom we are asking to take a pay freeze next year.
Fixing the very poor level of public sector pay that we inherited was of course a priority for us, and that is why over the past 10 or 11 years the pay of teachers has gone up by 52 per cent., that of police officers by 57 per cent. and that of nurses by 65 per cent. I think that, by and large, we have fixed the investment gap that we inherited from the Conservatives, but as we move into the years ahead we have to prioritise halving the deficit over four years. That is why we are asking for pay restraint in the public sector, starting with public service leaders, whom we are asking to take a pay freeze next year.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Ken Purchase
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
But does the Minister understand the anger that is reflected in the response of public sector workers to the pre-Budget report, when they see the incomes being given, granted to or thrown at the banking sector? Does he not understand that he must take further measures in order to redress the balance? When the economy returns to good health, will he make public sector pay a priority for the Government?
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c786
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
RBS is a bank in which we exercise a certain degree of influence over remuneration policies—but the hon. Gentleman will be pleased to hear that its management have not yet made proposals for a bonus pool.
RBS is a bank in which we exercise a certain degree of influence over remuneration policies—but the hon. Gentleman will be pleased to hear that its management have not yet made proposals for a bonus pool.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Vincent Cable
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
But does the Minister not agree that one of the important pieces of unfinished business is the largely taxpayer-owned £1.5 billion bonus pool in RBS? As the board of directors publicly defied the Government over that matter, do the Government propose to take any further action, either by replacing those directors or by giving them fresh instructions about how to deal with that bonus pool?
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c787
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am happy to look at the case for this research. We understand the pain both of the banking sector and of the public sector quite well, and we are introducing reform to both.
I am happy to look at the case for this research. We understand the pain both of the banking sector and of the public sector quite well, and we are introducing reform to both.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Ken Purchase
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
If he will commission comparative research into levels of remuneration in (a) the banking sector and (b) the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c786
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Of course.
Of course.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
If my right hon. Friend undertakes the research that my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Purchase) suggested, will he look back to 1979 and see how pay levels have changed since then? Will he look in particular at how the take-home incomes of the richest have been affected by the massive tax cuts for the rich that the Tories introduced at the time?
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c787
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will commission comparative research into levels of remuneration in (a) the banking sector and (b) the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
If he will commission comparative research into levels of remuneration in (a) the banking sector and (b) the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Ken Purchase
(Labour)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 December 2009
For answer on
15 December 2009
Answered on
15 December 2009
I am happy to look at the case for this research. We understand the pain both of the banking sector and of the public sector quite well, and we are introducing reform to both.
Subjects
Banks; Pay; Public sector
Date
15 December 2009
Reference
502 c786; 306845
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We are very proud of our record over the past 10 or 11 years in fixing and improving the pay of some of the people in our public services who make the biggest difference and who work hardest on behalf of this country. However, as the Chancellor has said, once recovery is locked in it is important that we get on with the business of consolidation, which is why we have committed to halving the deficit over four years. We expect people in public services, particularly those who work at senior levels, to show a degree of leadership. That is why the evidence that we have submitted to pay review bodies calls for a 0 per cent. increase for senior groups and for increases of between 0 and 1 per cent. in 2010-11 for other public sector work forces who are not covered by three-year deals. I know that this will sometimes cause a degree of anxiety but we have to get the balance between investing in public services and the pressures of public sector pay absolutely right.
We are very proud of our record over the past 10 or 11 years in fixing and improving the pay of some of the people in our public services who make the biggest difference and who work hardest on behalf of this country. However, as the Chancellor has said, once recovery is locked in it is important that we get on with the business of consolidation, which is why we have committed to halving the deficit over four years. We expect people in public services, particularly those who work at senior levels, to show a degree of leadership. That is why the evidence that we have submitted to pay review bodies calls for a 0 per cent. increase for senior groups and for increases of between 0 and 1 per cent. in 2010-11 for other public sector work forces who are not covered by three-year deals. I know that this will sometimes cause a degree of anxiety but we have to get the balance between investing in public services and the pressures of public sector pay absolutely right.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Gwyn Prosser
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
We all appreciate the need for pay restraint, especially among the higher paid, but does my right hon. Friend appreciate the demoralising effect it has when we tell low-paid public sector workers that their pay is to be frozen and their jobs threatened? In particular, does he appreciate the impact on hard-working border control officers based in Dover and Calais?
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
3 November 2009
Reference
498 c711
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Asked by
Gwyn Prosser
(Labour)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Topical questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Answered on
3 November 2009
Notes
Lead question not printed
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
3 November 2009
Reference
498 c711; 297075
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The argument is the argument that I made to the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Mr. Walker). There cannot be any automatic entitlement to bonuses or, indeed, to high pay. Any bonuses to people in the public sector can be awarded only on the basis of the performance that they have delivered for the public. Of course, on quangos there are wider questions—not just about pay, but about the number of quangos that we have in this country—and that is why I have asked for a cross-Government look at the number that we have. What I will certainly not be doing, unlike the Opposition, is bringing forward plans for another 17 of them.
The argument is the argument that I made to the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Mr. Walker). There cannot be any automatic entitlement to bonuses or, indeed, to high pay. Any bonuses to people in the public sector can be awarded only on the basis of the performance that they have delivered for the public. Of course, on quangos there are wider questions—not just about pay, but about the number of quangos that we have in this country—and that is why I have asked for a cross-Government look at the number that we have. What I will certainly not be doing, unlike the Opposition, is bringing forward plans for another 17 of them.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Greg Hands
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Minister says that he is in favour of quango-boss pay restraint, yet we are seeing figures of 22 per cent. at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 17 per cent. at the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse and 16 per cent. at the UK Hydrographic Office. The Chancellor told The Sunday Times that""a pain-free way of cutting public spending would be to freeze public sector pay"."
So which is it? Is he in favour of a pay freeze or huge rises for quango bosses?
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
14 July 2009
Reference
496 c138
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend has an excellent point. It is incumbent on the leaders of public services, at such times, to show restraint and to set an example. However, I agree that over the past 10 years it has been important to give some above-average pay increases to front-line staff in particular, such as nurses, fire service workers and the police. If we look back at the average pay rises throughout the private and public sectors, we find that they basically come out about the same. However, within that overall improvement in public sector pay, we are proud to have achieved particular rewards for nurses, teachers and police, because, let's face it, for many years they were under-rewarded.
My hon. Friend has an excellent point. It is incumbent on the leaders of public services, at such times, to show restraint and to set an example. However, I agree that over the past 10 years it has been important to give some above-average pay increases to front-line staff in particular, such as nurses, fire service workers and the police. If we look back at the average pay rises throughout the private and public sectors, we find that they basically come out about the same. However, within that overall improvement in public sector pay, we are proud to have achieved particular rewards for nurses, teachers and police, because, let's face it, for many years they were under-rewarded.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Ian Davidson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does the Minister agree that there are substantial numbers of public sector workers who are low paid and do not deserve to have their pay frozen, and that although there is a need for pay restraint, it ought to be applied to those at the top of the public sector and, indeed, to those at the top of the private sector?
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
14 July 2009
Reference
496 c138
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The principle that must guide the rewards that go to leaders of quangos must be very clear: they must be rewarded only on the basis of their performance on behalf of the public. However, the hon. Gentleman is right to allude to the necessity for public service leaders, no matter what part of the public sector they work in, whether it be the BBC or any other non-departmental public body, to set an example and to show restraint. That is why we have limited pay awards for senior civil servants, judges, senior NHS managers and NDPB chief executives in this financial year to just 1½ per cent.
The principle that must guide the rewards that go to leaders of quangos must be very clear: they must be rewarded only on the basis of their performance on behalf of the public. However, the hon. Gentleman is right to allude to the necessity for public service leaders, no matter what part of the public sector they work in, whether it be the BBC or any other non-departmental public body, to set an example and to show restraint. That is why we have limited pay awards for senior civil servants, judges, senior NHS managers and NDPB chief executives in this financial year to just 1½ per cent.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Charles Walker
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
At a time of private sector pay freezes and public sector pay restraint, is it right that the leaders of our quangos are getting pay increases of up to 20 per cent. or more?
Subjects
Pay; Public sector
Date
14 July 2009
Reference
496 c137
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons