Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 16 January 1995,Official Report, columns 290–91, how many of the directors of the royal household have a salary abatement in excess of 6 per cent.; what was the percentage salary increase for the director who is on a short-term contract; how many had salary increases in excess of £5,000 per annum and how many in excess of £20,000 per annum; in which years performance pay has been available to the director on short-term contract; and how many directors in 1993£94 had higher salaries than the principal private secretary to the Queen and the keeper of the privy purse.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe director of finance and property services is on a fixed-term contract. He is only director in the royal household who has a salary
1990–91 SSA £ million SSA/Head £ NNDR £ million NNDR/Head £ RSG £ million RSG/Head £ Humberside 530.3 624 190.9 224 158.0 186 Derbyshire 507.6 549 208.8 226 100.3 109 Buckinghamshire 365.3 582 137.4 219 97.3 155 Surrey 506.6 507 228.9 229 83.3 83 702W
1991–92 SSA £ million SSA/Head £ NNDR £ million NNDR/Head £ RSG £ million RSG/Head £ Humberside 627.7 733 227.1 265 153.0 179 Derbyshire 602.2 648 247.5 266 85.0 91 Buckinghamshire 437.8 690 161.8 255 99.7 157 Surrey 610.2 610 266.4 266 77.9 78 abatement—currently valued at £18,500—on top of the 6 per cent. after-tax salary deduction, or whose salary exceeds that of the principal private secretary to the Queen and the keeper of the privy purse. His performance bonus for the year to 30 September 1994, the first year of the contract, is yet to be determined. His salary was increased by 5.4 per cent.—£5,940—with effect from 1 April 1994, in line with the Senior Salaries Review Body award to comparable civil servants. No other director in the royal household received a salary increase in excess of £5,000.