Department for Work and Pensions: Incentives

(asked on 18th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the total sum disbursed on bonuses to staff in his Department in 2017.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 21st December 2017

DWP currently operates a number of award schemes; end of year performance awards and in-year reward and recognition.

A total of £41.8m, which is less than 2% of the overall DWP annual pay bill, has been paid between January 2017 and November 2017, this breaks down as follows:

  • £37.4m - End of Year Performance Awards.
  • £4.4m – In Year Reward and Recognition
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