Tag: Andrew Gwynne

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.

Alun Cairns

The total amount of (a) end year bonuses paid in each of the last three years, which relates to staff individual performance in the previous financial year, is shown below:

Year	Total Amount Paid in Bonuses (£)*
2013	19,400
2014	2,100
2015	2,400

*Non-consolidated performance related pay is only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. These one-off payments are not pensionable. Since 2010-11, the Government has restricted awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers (from 65% in previous years), saving around £15 million overall.

(b) No in-year bonuses were paid in the period.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

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

Andrea Leadsom

The Department uses performance related pay to help drive high performance and to recognise exceptional contributions and achievements over and above what is expected of people in fulfilling their employment contracts.

These payments, which are in-line with HMT Pay Guidance, are cost effective as they are not consolidated into basic pay and have to be re-earned every year.

Since 2010-11 the Government has restricted awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers.

In-year performance related awards are used to recognise and incentivise corporate behaviours and values which might not be fully reflected in annual performance appraisal reports. These are also used to reward staff for exceptional pieces of work or for taking on additional responsibilities.

End-year non-consolidated performance awards are used to reward the department’s highest performers as assessed in their end of year appraisal reports.

A breakdown of the In-Year and the End-Year awards is given in the table below:

Table 1

Financial Year	In-Year Performance Awards	End-Year Performance Awards
2014-2015	£247,606	£996,901
2013-2014	£377,617	£882,521
2012-2013	£372,315	£869,665

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)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials of her Department in each of the last three years.

George Eustice

The table below sets out how much was paid to officials in the core-Department in end-year and in-year non-consolidated performance payments in each of the last three financial years.

Financial Year	End-year Payments	In-Year Payments
2012-13	£898,447	£167,490
2013-14	£1,359,640	£250,423
2014-15	£1,002,359	£298,028

The amounts include end-year payments made to Senior Civil Servants and staff at Grade 6 and below and in-year payments made to staff at Grade 6 and below.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.

Joseph Johnson

Non-consolidated performance related pay is paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. These one-off payments are not pensionable. Since 2010-11 the Government has restricted awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers (from 65% in previous years), saving around £15 million overall.

An element of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills overall pay award for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is allocated to non-consolidated, non-pensionable pay related to performance. There are two types of award: in-year awards and annual performance awards.

Performance awards for the SCS are part of the pay system across the whole Senior Civil Service, and are used to reward high performance sustained throughout the year.

Information in the table shows the cost of each of these type of awards in each of the last three years.

Year	Non-SCS End year Annual Performance Awards	Non-SCS In-Year Awards	SCS Annual Performance Awards	Total
2013	£1,540,773	£332,080	£577,925	£2,450,778
2014	£990,360	£492,228	£576,000	£2,058,588
2015	£1,288,474*	£605,608	£539,500	£2,433,582

* A few end year payments still to be made so this figure is the latest and may increase

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Since 2010-11, in line with wider Government policy, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has restricted Performance Related Pay (PRP) awards for senior civil servants within the FCO to the top 25% of performers. Since April 2015 the FCO has restricted PRP awards for UK based staff across all grades to the top 25% of performers.

In providing the below figures, we have interpreted ‘last three years’ to be the last three financial years. Amounts paid to officials working for the FCO, FCO Services and to those on interchange on FCO terms and conditions have been included within the figures provided.

The following amounts in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses were paid to FCO officials in each of the last three financial years, we also note the numbers of staff who received the bonuses during each of the financial years:

FY14-15 a) £6,274,254.70; 4160 officers received a year PRP
b) £575,894.46 ; 1714 officers received an in-year PRP

FY13-14 a) £6,654,783.10; 4271 officers received a year end PRP
b) £566,880.52; 1642 officers received an in-year PRP

FY12-13 a) £6,658,384.20; 4076 officers received a year end PRP
b) £757,403.98; 2492 officers received an in-year PRP

Non-consolidated PRP is only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials of his Office in each of the last three years.

Matthew Hancock

As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish information about non-consolidated performance related payments annually. Information about non-consolidated awards paid to officials in my Department going back as far as awards paid for performance in the year 2011/12 is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data

Information about awards paid in 2015/16 for performance in the year 2014/15 is not due to be published until later this year and will be available on GOV.UK.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people requiring consular assistance in Addis Ababa and Nairobi originated in Somalia in each of the last three years.

James Duddridge

British nationals are not required to state where they come from when they request assistance, and therefore we do not maintain records of this information. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides consular assistance as appropriate to the individual circumstances of each case.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.

Jane Ellison

Non-consolidated performance related pay is only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. These one-off payments are not pensionable. Since 2010-11 the Government has restricted awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers (from 65% in previous years), saving around £15 million overall.

To date in 2015-16, the Department has spent £868,410 on ‘year-end’ non- consolidated performance pay awards and £155,549 on ‘in-year ‘non-consolidated performance pay awards to its officials.

The table below shows the Department’s expenditure on non-consolidated performance related payments for the last three complete financial years.

Financial Year	In-Year Award	*End Year Award
2014-15	£254,524	£843,001
2013-14	£202,000	£796,357
2012-13	£252,115	£902,741

*End-year non-consolidated performance related payments paid in each of the financial year relates to performance in the previous year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulances responding to the most serious calls failed to respond within eight minutes in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Denton and Reddish constituency in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

The information requested is not available in the format requested.