§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of individuals in his(a) Department, (b) related agencies and (c) related non-departmental public bodies whose annual remuneration including benefits in kind exceeded (i) £100,000 and (ii) £200,000 in each of the last four years. [26313]
§ Ms BlearsI apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.
The information requested about the Department and its agencies is shown in the table.
(i) £100,000 Year (a) Department (b) Agencies 1998 1— 2— 1999 23 2— 2000 27 1 2001 11 1 1 Statistics at this level are not recorded. 2 Separate figures for the agencies are not recorded. Source:
Cabinet Office staff in post as at 1 April annual returns.
(ii) £200,000 plus current salaries do not exceed this level.
1150WThe information for non-departmental public bodies is available in the annual Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies", copies of which are placed in the Libraries of the House.