§ Lady HermonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff were employed, by grade, in the Northern Ireland Civil Service in financial years(a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04; and if he will list the (i) total salary bill, (ii) average salary and (iii) change in average salary for staff within each grade during these two periods. [170032]
§ Mr. PearsonThe information in the following tables gives the total salary costs and average salary costs for staff in post at March 2003 and March 2004. These figures do not include non-salary payments such as allowances or non-consolidated bonuses. The figures given do not allow for the consequences of staff movements in to or out of grades on promotion during the financial year or other personnel changes within grades such as recruitment, retirement and wastage.
For these reasons the increase in average salary between 2002–03 and 2003–04 is different to the cost of the 2003–04 pay award which was 3.67 per cent.
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2003 Full-time equivalent
staff
numbers1
Salary total (£) Average salary (£)
SCS 215.95 13,970,622.01 64,693.78 Grade 6 215.59 10,276,104.13 47,665.03 Grade 7 910.39 36,061,567.23 39,611.12 Deputy Principal 1,730.25 54,065,540.27 31,247.24 Staff Officer 2,684.37 63,845,361.83 23,784.11 Executive Officer I 3,392.37 69,435,134.15 20,468.03 Executive Officer II 3,529.13 58,057,105.87 16,450.83 Administrative Officer 7,164.03 96,120,522.87 13,417.10 Administrative Assistant 2,618.97 28,905,560.18 11.037.00 Total 22,461.05 430,737,518.54 19,177.09
2004 Full-time equivalent staff numbers1
Salary total (£) Average salary (£) Increase in average salary between 2003
and 2004 (percentage)
Administrative Officer 7,291.42 98,431,257.28 13,499.60 0.61 Administrative Assistant 2,779.99 32,065,042.11 11,534.23 4.51 Total 23,679.59 459,537,371.11 19,406.47 1.20 1 These figures refer to permanent NICS non-industrial staff-in-post in the 11 Northern Ireland Departments (excluding NIO).