§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals in(a) his Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies received annual remuneration including benefits in kind exceeding (i) 100,000, (ii) 200,000 and (iii) 300,000 in each year since 1985–86. [40864]
§ Mr. Arbuthnot[holding answer 1 November 1995]: Those who received annual remuneration above the sums specified, excluding pension benefits, in the years in question were:
(i) Exceeding £100,000 Department Agencies NDPBs Military 1985–86 to 1990–91 0 0 0 0 1991–92 0 1 0 1 1992–93 0 1 0 2 1993–94 0 1 0 2 1994–95 0 1 0 2 (ii) and (iii)—no staff in the Department, agencies, NDPBs or the armed forces received remuneration in excess of £200,000 in the years in question.
Other 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 or armed forces pensions scheme, staff receive benefits in accordance with the rules which have been deposited in the Library of the House.