§ Dr. IddonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the Government's Rewarding and Developing Staff funding has been spent on(a) additional staff, (b) external consultants, (c) general salary increases, (d) individual salary increases and (e) performance related pay. [162064]
§ Alan JohnsonThe Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) undertook an early evaluation of the Rewarding and Developing Staff initiative in its first year (2001–02). The evaluation findings did not provide information at the level of detail requested in the question, but did show investment by higher education institutions in the six areas rioritised by the scheme, as shown below.
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Priority area Proportion of first year's investment Staff development (esp. management development) 30% Recruitment and retention 30% Reviews of staffing needs 12% Job evaluation/equal pay 9% Equal opportunities activities (excl. job evaluation/equal pay) 9% Annual performance reviews 7% Managing poor performance 3% HEFCE will be evaluating the full first three years of the RDS initiative from autumn 2004.