Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in each of the last six years; and what the total cost of those bonuses was.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. Data for the department before this date is therefore not available.
The Government is committed to transparency and regularly publishes details of non-consolidated performance-related pay for staff, including, Senior Civil Servants on .gov.uk.
From the information prepared for the next release, details for the year 2016/17 are below:
| Cost of end year performance | Number of payments |
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | £ 802,672 | 101 |
Companies House | £ 11,512 | 5 |
UK Space Agency | £ - | 0 |
Insolvency Service | £ 34,000 | 4 |
UK Intellectual Property Office | £ 8,250 | 1 |
Met Office | n/a | n/a |
Data for the year 2017/18 is not yet available as performance payments for performance in that year have not yet been agreed or paid.