§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the head of the Police Standards Unit will be eligible for a bonus; and what the criteria are for the award of this bonus. [30811]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 29 January 2002]: The terms of Mr. Bond's contract state that he may be entitled to a bonus of up to 20 per cent. of his Home Office salary. His eligibility for such a bonus will be assessed in April 2003, according to the contribution which his unit has made to improving police performance over the preceding year.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the pay and conditions of service and secondment arrangements are for the Head of the Police Standards Unit. [30812]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 29 January 2002]: When first appointed in January 2001, the Director of the Standards Unit, Mr. Kevin Bond was seconded to the Home Office from his employers, Earth Tech Inc. The effect of this was that Mr. Bond's duties and obligations were equivalent to a full-time permanent member of the civil service, but that the Home Office reimbursed Earth Tech for the cost of his services.
From October 2002, Mr. Bond ceased to be an employee of that company and the secondment agreement was replaced with a fixed term employment contract with the Home Office. The salary of £195,000 which Mr. Bond receives from the Home Office is the same as applied under the secondment agreement.