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<p /> <p /> <p>To provide this information would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>
</p><p>For 2012 and 2013, because of the nature of the awards applied to delegated
grades, staff would have received a 1% increase on base pay whether they remained
in grade or were promoted during the year subject to standard eligibility criteria.</p><p>
</p><p>DWP does not have contractual progression. All our employees are subject to
the pay freeze and pay caps in place since 2010. In May 2010 the Government announced
a two year pay freeze for civil servants earning over £21,000. The pay freeze applied
to this Department in 2010 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>For staff earning under £21,000,
for both 2010 and 2011 DWP awarded staff a flat rate increase by grade of between
£400 and £540. Additionally during 2010 the AA band minimum was increased by between
£890 and £1060 (depending on location) which lead to a slightly higher increase for
some staff. Following Cabinet Office rules, a small number who earned just over £21,000
received smaller payments, using a taper system, to ensure that they were not ‘leapfrogged’
by peers slightly lower down the pay scale.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 and 2013 DWP awarded
a 1% increase to the vast majority of our staff across all delegated grades. DWP will
again be paying the majority of our employees a 1% increase in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>For
SCS in DWP the pay freeze was in place for three years from 2010 to 2012. In 2013
DWP paid around 22% of its SCS cadre increases within an overall 1% cap and with a
Cabinet Office limit on individual awards of 9%. The majority of our SCS will not
have received a pay award between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the 2014
SCS and delegated pay awards will not be available until they have been processed
at the end of this month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below the line comments</p><p>
</p><p>1. Because of the numbers involved we are unable to provide information tracking
every individual’s pay rise over the period within time and cost perimeters.<br> <br></p><p>2.
DWP currently employs 92,510 people and we are not able to provide details for each
of these individuals. However, as DWP has applied a simple pay award over each of
the years required I am able to summarise our position.<br> <br></p><p>3. The PQ asks
for information on pay rises exclusive of changes in grade (most usually promotion).
By providing information on pay awards, we will be excluding a small number of pay
rises which are due to other factors such as a move to a location which attracts a
higher salary (DWP has 4 locational pay zones). It also excludes salary increases
as a result of a change in contractual hours.<br> <br></p><p>4. The 2014 pay award
will be paid in July salaries. We will not have details of final figures until this
has been processed.<br> <br></p><p>5. A small number of individuals are not eligible
to receive the pay award e.g. because they are undergoing formal poor performance
action in a particular year or are on a salary above the appropriate pay scale maximum.</p>
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