Law Officers' Departments: Pay
(asked on 23rd October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last three years.
Non-consolidated performance related awards are only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. Those one-off payments are not pensionable. Furthermore, 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.
A table showing information on performance related awards made by the Law Officers’ Departments during the past three financial years is presented below.
Law Officer’s Departments – Performance awards | ||||||
Financial Year | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | |||
Year end | In year | Year end | In year | Year end | In year | |
Government Legal Department ** | £531,105 | £144,013 | £755,080 | £139,635 | * | £182,376 |
Crown Prosecution Service *** | £128,347 | None | £98,261 | None | £115,453 | None |
Serious Fraud Office | £235,872 | £34,293 | £236,051 | £75,946 | £232,080 | £92,505 |
* The year-end figures for the 2014/15 performance year are not yet finalised.
** The increase in the sums for GLD reflects the fact that the department has significantly increased in size each year since 2011, as a result of consolidation of government legal teams into a single department. The GLD data also covers the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
*** The only bonus scheme operated within the CPS is for SCS grades or the equivalent Senior Legal Manager (SLM) grades.
Further details on staff numbers and costs, including performance related pay are published in the respective departmental Annual Report and Accounts.