Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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 information available within proportional cost limits is presented in the following three tables.

Table 1: Numbers of staff by grade, as at 31 March 2014, who have remained at their current grade since 31 March 2010

Table 2: Pay awards by grade

Notes:

1. The 2010-11 pay award for staff below SCS was based on a combination of the individual’s performance assessment and their position in pay range, varying from 3% to 4.5%. The SCS did not receive a pay award

2. In 2011-12 and 2012/13, there was no pay award due to the public sector pay freeze, with the exception of staff paid less than £21,000 who received a £250 cash uplift

3. In 2013-14 staff received a cash base pay award, equivalent to 1% of the median pay for the grade

Table 3: Average pay increases by grade, over the period of 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2014, for staff who remained at their grade over that period.