Performance-related Pay

HC Deb 22 July 1996 vol 282 cc101-2W

27. Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the use of performance-related pay in his Department. [36809]

Mr. Willetts

For this purpose, the Deputy Prime Minister's office forms part of the Cabinet Office.

The White Paper "The Civil Service: Continuity and Change", published in 1994, set out the Government's intention to proceed with comprehensive pay delegation from 1 April 1996. Since then, the Cabinet Office has been adhering to the principles set out in the White Paper

Longitudinal body mass index data for adolescents and adults in Scotland showing percentage in each BMI category
Age	Year	Number assessed	<20 Under-weight	20–24.9 Normal	25–29.9 Overweight	<30 Obese
Adolescents
Boys
15	1987	462	50.9	43.1	5.2	0.9
18	1990	422	19.2	64.2	14.5	2.1
Girls
15	1987	494	38.7	51.2	8.5	1.6
18	1990	470	22.3	55.3	16.4	5.7

for its own staff—that there should be a clear link between an individual's pay and their contribution to the achievement of the Department's objectives.