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<p><strong>2015</strong>: DWP’s 2015 pay award was subject to the public sector pay
constraint of a 1% cap on increases. 99.8% within grades AA to Grade 6 received an
increase of 1%. A small number of individuals on the AA pay scale minimum received
an increase of 2.5%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2016:</strong> Following the 2015 Spending
Review, DWP received limited pay flexibility for operational grades (AA-HEO) to support
the transformation of its service. In the 2016 pay award 78% of staff within these
operational grades received a pay uplift greater than 1% but no more than 5%. 16%
of staff received an uplift of less than 1%. Grades SEO to Grade 6 (5.8% of workforce)
were not included within the pay flexibility and received uplifts of 1%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017:</strong>
The 2017 pay award resulted in 78.5% of the workforce receiving pay uplifts greater
than 1% but no more than 5%.15.4% of employees received an increase of less than 1%.
For grades SEO to Grade 6 (6% of workforce) uplifts ranged from 0.75% to 3.25%.</p><p>
</p><p>For Senior Civil Servants, 0.2% of the workforce, pay uplifts are governed
by the Cabinet Office.</p>
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