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418991

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on limits to progression pay increases for civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	10329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not have contractual pay progression. The value and method of any progression forms part of the annual pay review and must be affordable within the terms set out in the annual civil service pay guidance issued by Treasury.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 15:24:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

228842

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average hourly pay is of employees in his Department identified as (a) white or white British and (b) from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP is committed to equality and valuing diversity within our workforce. Our pay policies are applied equally to all staff regardless of ethnicity and we are compliant with the legislation contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure of ethnicity, although encouraged, is voluntary within the department. At the end of February 2015 ethnicity data was held for 77% of staff working in the department.</p><p> </p><p>All our employees are salaried and information is therefore provided based on annual salary. As of February 2015 the average annual salary of staff identified as:</p><p> </p><p>(a) White or White British was £23,209</p><p>(b) From a Black, Asian or other ethnic group was £23,371.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:50:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228663

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average hourly pay is for employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP is committed to equality and valuing diversity within our workforce. Our pay policies are applied equally to all staff regardless of ethnicity and we are compliant with the legislation contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure of ethnicity, although encouraged, is voluntary within the department. At the end of February 2015 ethnicity data was held for 77% of staff working in the department.</p><p> </p><p>All our employees are salaried and information is therefore provided based on annual salary. The table below shows the department’s average annual salaries as of February 2015 by ethnicity.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White or White British</p></td><td><p>Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>£15,746</p></td><td><p>£16,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>£18,630</p></td><td><p>£19,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>£24,318</p></td><td><p>£25,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>£29,299</p></td><td><p>£31,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>£35,760</p></td><td><p>£37,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>£49,294</p></td><td><p>£51,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6*</p></td><td><p>£62,355</p></td><td><p>£60,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>£75,898</p></td><td><p>£78,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2*</p></td><td><p>£102,976</p></td><td><p>£90,561</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A higher proportion of staff in London are in a minority ethnic group than in the rest of the country. As London pay scales are higher, this locational difference is a factor in the average salaries comparisons.</p><p> </p><p>* Ethnic minority group average salaries for G6 and SCS2 are based on small numbers of staff, some of whom have recently been promoted and are at the lower end of the pay scale.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 15:03:30 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

168403

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The salaries of all DWP staff are at least the level of the Living Wage</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold comprehensive information for the workforces of all of our contractors.</p><p> </p><p>Telereal Trillium our FM contractor ensures that London based staff are paid the London Living Wage and that the minimum wage is paid elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 217450 217471 question first answered 15/12/2014 17:02:38 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

106119

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP employees up to Grade 6 are eligible to be nominated for an in-year performance award. These are one-off payments, made to recognise exceptional achievements and/or contributions to business performance. In-year awards can be made at any time during the performance year and are paid either as retail vouchers between £25 and £50 or cash payments of £50 or above. Senior Civil Servants are not eligible to receive these payments. The total amount available for in-year awards is 0.23% of total paybill.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2013/14 financial year 100,585 in-year awards, worth £5,030,126 were made, which equates to 0.19% of paybill.</p><p> </p><p>Between April and Sept 2014 41,370 in-year awards, with a value of £1,778,015, were made, which equates to 0.15% of paybill.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/11/2014 13:00:01 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney