Northern Ireland Office: Incentives

(asked on 28th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.


Answered by
Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 6th December 2022

The total of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for the Northern Ireland Office as performance-related bonuses in the years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22 are outlined below:

Year

Total Value

January 2017 - February 2018

£6,290

April 2018 - March 2019

£11,250

March 2019 - February 2020

£22,310

April 2020 - February 2021

£12,355

April 2021 - March 2022

£12,710

Bonuses paid out as non-cash vouchers is a standard practice across Government. The Edenred contract came into effect in 2017 which allows department access to non-cash vouchers for staff.

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