HC Deb 11 May 2001 vol 368 cc449-50W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the notional(a) minimum and (b maximum salary is for each of the senior five administrative civil service grade pay scales assuming the same pay awards and an averaging of performance related pay for each grade. [160857]

Marjorie Mowlam

In 1996, the senior civil service was created to cover the top 3,000 civil servants formerly in grades 1–5. Members of the senior civil service are placed in one of nine overlapping pay bands broadly according to job weight. Permanent Secretaries have a separate pay range.

The band minima and maxima for 2001–02 are as follows:

£
Minimum Maximum
Band 1 44,038 69,178
Band 2 48,552 77,869
Band 3 53,534 87,598
Band 4 59,088 98,494
Band 5 64,768 104,292
Band 6 70,905 110,428
Band 7 77,635 116,904
Band 8 84,811 123,856
Band 9 92,696 131,276
Permanent Secretaries 104,292 179,022

The average individual performance-related award for members of the senior civil service for 2000–01 was 4.8 per cent.