§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number of individuals in his(a) Department, (b) agencies and non-departmental public bodies whose annual remuneration including benefits in kind exceeded (i) £100,000, (ii) £200,000 and (iii) £300,000 in (1) 1985–96, (2) 1990–91, (3) 1992–93, (4) 1994–95 and (5) 1995–96. [40821]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordOther than pension contributions, benefits in kind are not normally paid to staff in the Department, agencies and NDPBs. As members of the principal civil service pensions scheme, staff receive benefits in accordance with the scheme rules which have been deposited in the Library of the House. No one in the Department or its agencies received annual remuneration above the sums specified, excluding pension benefits, in the years in question.
It is estimated that two individuals in non-departmental public bodies earned in excess of £100,000—but less than £200,000—in 1994–95 and 1995–96. No individuals earned in excess of the specified sums in other years.