Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Forty-Seventh Annual Report on Senior Salaries, published on 22 May (CP 1329), what exemptions exist that permit base pay or total remuneration for Senior Civil Servant pay band 4 roles to exceed the published maximum, and under which statutory or delegated authority those exemptions are granted.

The Cabinet Secretary seeks approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to permit Permanent Secretary remuneration to exceed the published maximum on appointment. This follows the HMT guidance on senior pay.