Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what bonuses were paid to (a) senior civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department in each of the last three financial years; and for what reasons those bonuses were paid.

Treasury Senior Civil Servants (SCS) only receive performance bonuses, which are linked to the annual appraisal system and are paid in the year following the year in which the assessment is made. As part of the government transparency agenda Non-consolidated Performance Related Pay (NCPRP) is published on the Treasury website (.gov.uk).

Since 2010-11 the Government has restricted performance related payments for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers (from 65% in previous years) They 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. Pay decisions for non-senior staff are delegated to individual departments, enabling them to tailor reward packages that meet their own workforce and business needs.