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<p>An element of the Department’s overall pay bill for staff below the Senior Civil
Service (SCS) is allocated to payments related directly to performance. There are
two types of award:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Annual performance awards,
that reward staff based on their annual performance rating.</li><li>In-year awards
that recognise strong performance in particularly demanding tasks or situations. These
can be in the form of cash payments or vouchers.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These
non-consolidated, non-pensionable one-off payments are used to drive high performance
in the department and do not add to future pay bills.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the
number and cost of in-year awards in 2013, and until the end of September in 2014
are contained in table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value
of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of
Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>434,743</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>32,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014*</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>353,200</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Jan – Sept 2014</p>
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