Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials employed by his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office entered a two year pay freeze with effect from 1 April 2011. Senior Civil Servants (SMS officers) pay was also frozen in 2010. During the pay freeze, the only staff who received pay increases were those whose salary was less than £21,000 who received a pay increase of at least £250 depending on their performance, in line with HM Treasury public sector pay policy. The FCO emerged from the pay freeze in 2013.

In 2013 and 2014, staff who performed their role to the required standards received an average 1% salary increase. The exception was staff earning less than £21,000, who continued to receive at least £250, depending on performance.

The numbers of staff that stayed in the same grade from 2010 to 2014 are set out below.

A1 7
A2 363
B3 345
C4 407
C5 138
D6 312
D7 159
All SMS 173
Grand Total 1904