Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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.
The Department for Communities and Local Government was created in 2006. The following table shows the amount paid in bonuses by the Department since that date. Since 2010-11 the Government has limited bonus awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of staff – down from the top 65% under Labour. This has saved around £15 million overall.
2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |
Bonuses (£) | 838,250 | 1,1018,350 | 1,284,549 | 1,041,144 | 705,130 | 544,250 | 459,500 | 471,293 |
Of which | ||||||||
In-year (£) | 181,824 | 113,830 | 296,500 | 209,000 | 218,500 | |||
End year (£) | 859,320 | 591,300 | 247,750 | 250,500 | 252,793 |
For all years up to 2008-09 inclusive, the figures relate to the financial year and the split between in year and end year bonuses is not available. Figures for 2010-11 onwards relate to the performance year, in line with the arrangements introduced by the Government for annual publication of bonus data. Figures for 2014-15 will be published in due course.