Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on performance-related awards for officials in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017, (e) 2018 and (f) January 2019 to June 2019.
The periods covered are pay remit years which run from July to June, figures up to 2017/18 are actual and 2018/19 is forecast as this reporting year will not conclude until end June 2019.
The figures provided include expenditure on all DWP performance related awards including; End of year performance awards to delegated grades, SCS Performance Related Payments, Recognition scheme.
2013/14 - £49.635,000, Average Payment by headcount - £505
2014/15 - £46,277,000, Average Payment by headcount - £513
2015/16 - £43,056,000, Average Payment by headcount - £510
2016/17 - £39,435,000, Average Payment by headcount - £473
2017/18 - £42,341,000, Average Payment by headcount - £509
2018/19 - £22,854,000 – Payments will be agreed as part of 2019 pay negotiations pending.
We have over 82,000 employees in DWP, approximately 94% are in our most junior grades receiving an annual salary between £18,745 for an AA Grade and £37,262 for an HEO Grade based in Inner London.