Civil Service (Hansard, 9 June 2000)

§ Mr. Morley

[holding answer 18 May 2000]Since 1996 MAFF has had delegated authority for negotiating pay settlements. For the last pay round, the core MAFF settlement included the Pesticides Safety Directorate and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.

In 1999 the headline pay settlement was 2.0 per cent. on the paybill. Together with the additional funds from staff turnover, staff received performance-related increases with an average cost of 3.92 per cent. The increases were not staged. Information on the 2000 pay settlement is not yet available because negotiations are still ongoing.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is also responsible for other Executive Agencies with their own negotiating remits. I have asked Chief Executives to respond direct with information on their pay settlements.

Letter from Peter W. Greig-Smith to Dr. David Clark, dated June 2000: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply to your question regarding the average percentage increase in salaries for 1999–2000. I am replying on behalf of the Centre of Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS). In 1999 the headline pay settlement for the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture was 2.95%. This included 0.5% as the cost on the pay bill of restructuring the pay and grading system. Together with additional funds from staff turnover, staff in post received performance related increases averaging 4.05%. The increases were not staged. There was a separate settlement for the officers of the Research Vessels with a headline pay settlement of 2.45% on the pay bill, which did not include a restructuring element, and performance related pay increases averaging 4.05%. The increases were not staged.

Letter from Peter W. Greig-Smith to Dr. David Clark, dated 15 May 2000: In 1999 the headline pay settlement for the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture was 2.95%. This included o.5% as the cost on the pay bill of restructuring the pay and grading system. Together with additional funds from staff turnover, staff in post received performance related increases averaging 4.05%. The increases were not staged. There was a separate settlement for the officers of the Research Vessels with a headline pay settlement of 2.45% on the pay bill, which did not include a restructuring element, and performance related pay increases averaging 4.05%. The increases were not staged.

Letter from Sarah Nason to Dr. David Clark, dated 31 May 2000: The Minister has asked me to respond, in respect of the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency (FRCA), to your question about the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the Senior Civil Service, in 1999–2000 and to what extent the pay awards were staged. FRCA has delegated authority for negotiating pay settlements since the Agency's launch in April 1997. Payment date within the Agency is 1 August each year. The headline pay settlement for 1999/00 was 3.77% on the paybill and together with the additional funds from staff turnover, staff in post received performance related increases averaging 4.3%. This pay settlement was linked to a major restructuring of the Agency's pay and grading system. The increases were not staged.

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Letter from P. I. Stanley to Dr. David Clark, dated May 2000: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Central Science Laboratory, to your question concerning the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants for 1999–2000 and to what extent the pay awards were staged. Since 1996 CSL has had delegated authority for negotiating pay settlements. CSL operates a performance related pay system which links pay awards to job performance. It is therefore not possible to provide a single average figure which is meaningful. For 1999/2000 pay increases for satisfactory performers ranged from 2.0% to 7.0% with a few exceptional performers receiving an additional accelerated pay progression of 6%. For some unsatisfactory performers, no pay increase was received. Pay awards were not staged, being paid in full with effect from 1 August 1999.

Letter from T. W. A. Little to Dr. David Clark, dated May 2000: The Minister has asked me to respond to your question on the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants in 1999–2000. Unfortunately, information on the 1999–2000 pay settlement is not yet available because the negotiations have not been concluded.