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registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pay increases for each level of staff employed in Highways England in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	21998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Highways England was established on 1 April 2015. The Department for Transport has not carried out an assessment of the adequacy of pay increases for each level of staff in Highways England over the period since its establishment.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for setting pay levels within Highways England sits with the Company, overseen by its Remuneration Committee. Annual pay increases within Highways England are based on a number of factors, including affordability and guidance from the Department for Transport and the Cabinet Office.</p><p>I would like to assure you that the Secretary of State is placing significant focus on pay in the Department’s arm’s length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 05/03/2020 16:38:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1179745

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure that pay rises are distributed equitably among all pay bands at Highways England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	19897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>I would like to reassure you that the Secretary of State is placing significant focus on pay in the Department’s arm’s length bodies including Highways England (HE). Responsibility for setting pay levels within HE sits with the company, overseen by its Remuneration Committee. HE manages pay in accordance with public sector pay guidance from Cabinet Office, and a framework set by the Department for Transport, which places controls on the numbers and pay of the highest paid staff.</p><p> </p><p>The 2019 pay awards for all HE employees, including those in the senior cadre, were based on 1%; however, following recently completed negotiations, an additional, backdated award is being made which will mean that employees below senior level will receive awards for 2019 based on a total of 2%. This will mean that using HE’s approach to pay review individuals will receive awards in the range 1.5% to 4% for 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Performance Related Pay (PRP), in relation to 2018-19 performance for the grades below the senior group resulted in 4,106 staff receiving a payment, with an average value of £1,392.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/03/2020 15:50:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179746

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle pay disparities between senior executives and staff at pay bands one to eight at Highways England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	19898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>I would like to reassure you that the Secretary of State is placing significant focus on pay in the Department’s arm’s length bodies including Highways England. Responsibility for setting pay levels within Highways England sits with the company, overseen by its Remuneration Committee. HE manages pay in accordance with public sector pay guidance from Cabinet Office, and a framework set by the Department for Transport, which places controls on the numbers and pay of the highest paid staff.</p><p> </p><p>The company’s approach to pay aims to strike the right balance between value for money and building and maintaining the organisational capability required to operate the strategic road network and deliver DfT’s investment programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The 2019 pay awards for all HE employees, including those at the senior level, were based on 1%; however, following recently completed negotiations between the company and the Trade Unions, an additional, backdated award is being made which will mean that employees below senior level will receive awards for 2019 based on a total of 2%. This will mean that using HE’s approach to pay review individuals will receive awards in the range 1.5% to 4% for 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/03/2020 15:56:15 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1176560

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff at Highways England received a salary of more than £100,000 in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	12867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Highways England employed 61 staff on a base salary of £100,000 or more in <ins class="ministerial">2018-19</ins> <del class="ministerial">2019-20</del>. I have committed in the House to addressing this issue.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/02/2020 14:58:25 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2020 10:33:24 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 7123 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar