Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152623 on High Speed Two: Staff, if he will publish the (a) salary scales of those new employees and (b) the numbers of those new employees in each such salary scale.
All staff employed by HS2 Ltd are subject to the following pay bands; bands up to Band 23 are listed in the table below. HS2 Ltd senior salaries over £150,000 per annum are published annually by the Cabinet Office here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-officials-high-earners-salaries
Joiners & Grades | London | Regional | |||
Grades | Number of Joiners 2018 | Min | Max | Min | Max |
11 | 12 | £23,400 | £35,150 | £20,900 | £31,300 |
12 | 10 | £25,050 | £37,600 | £22,300 | £33,500 |
13 | 6 | £28,400 | £42,600 | £25,250 | £37,900 |
14 | 28 | £33,850 | £50,800 | £30,150 | £45,250 |
15 | * | £36,550 | £54,900 | £32,600 | £48,900 |
16 | 29 | £39,250 | £58,900 | £36,300 | £54,450 |
17 | 13 | £43,750 | £65,600 | £40,750 | £61,150 |
18 | 22 | £53,850 | £80,800 | £47,450 | £71,150 |
19 | 7 | £63,050 | £94,550 | £54,500 | £81,750 |
20 | * | £79,300 | £119,000 | £67,450 | £101,200 |
21 | * | £91,000 | £136,500 | £84,300 | £126,500 |
22 | 0 | These are Senior Level positions & would be included on Transparency Data | These are Senior Level positions & would be included on Transparency Data | ||
23 | 3 | ||||
TOTAL | 143 |
* As the total number of new employees at these grades numbers 5 or less, and could be used to identify individuals (which would be in breach of data protection principles) we are not specifying the number at this grade.