Andrew Gwynne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in (a) year-end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials of his Department in each of the last three years.

Justin Tomlinson

In line with Civil Service pay guidance, DWP rewards employees for their performance through either end of year non-consolidated payments and/or in-year payments. In year payments are limited to 0.23% of the total DWP paybill.

Employees who have attained agreed performance levels as part of their performance review may receive an end of year non-consolidated payment based on their grade and end of year performance marking. End of year payments are limited to 1.9% of the total DWP paybill

At the end of the 2012-13 performance year DWP employed 104,864 staff
(a) End of year non-consolidated payments
£44,758,579 paid to staff in delegated and SCS grades
(b) In-year voucher or cash payments
£6,515,427 paid to staff in delegated grades (SCS grades not eligible)

At the end of the 2013-14 performance year DWP employed 95,923 staff
(a) End of year non-consolidated payments
£41,488,229 paid to staff in delegated and SCS grades
(b) In-year voucher or cash payments
£5,030,126 paid to staff in delegated grades (SCS grades not eligible)

At the end of the 2014-15 performance year DWP employed 90,018 staff
(a) End of year non-consolidated payments
£38,141,345 paid to staff in delegated and SCS grades
(b) In-year voucher or cash payments
£3,991,001 paid to staff in delegated grades (SCS grades not eligible)