§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his Answer of 5 March 2003,Official Report, columns 1030–31W, on DVLA, what the total pay costs incurred by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency were in each year since 1997. [113381]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe information requested is as follows:
£000 Year Total pay costs 1997 59,862 1998 61,068 1999 68,507 2000 75,845 2001 83,551 2002 95,634 Extra staff were required by the Agency over this period for major new initiatives, projects to implement policy changes and safeguard delivery of the core business and increased workload. The exceptional rise in pay costs for 2002, i.e. to a greater proportion than the staff employed, was due to the fundamental restructuring of the Agency's pay system as the first and most significant impact of a five year pay deal agreed with the Unions. The restructuring is designed to address a number of issues, including:
overcoming Equal Pay vulnerabilitiesaligning with Modernising Government agenda on Civil Service payrecruitment and retention of good quality staff andsupport for the Agency in taking forward a substantial programme of change.
§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his Answer of 3 February 2003,Official Report, column 46W to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster), on railway staff, what the total pay costs incurred by the Office of the Rail Regulator were in each year since 1997. [113382]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe total pay costs incurred by the Office of the Rail Regulator since 1997 are as follows:
Year £000 1997–98 4,099 1998–99 4,558 1999–2000 5,285 2000–01 6,204 2001–02 4,982 2002–03 5,440