Performance-related pay

Susan Davis made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The request was successful.

From: Susan Davis

18 November 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you provide me with a list of all performance-related
pay schemes in the public sector bodies for which your department
is responsible, with, for each scheme, the following information:

a) the categories of staff (i.e. job titles) to which the scheme
applies

b) the approximate numbers of staff in each such category

c) the categories of staff (i.e. job titles) to which the scheme
does not apply

d) the approximate numbers of staff in each such category

By "performance-related pay scheme" I mean both schemes where an
element of remuneration during each year is related to performance,
and schemes where the annual
increase in pay and/or benefits an individual receives in related
wholly or in part to their performance.

The Cabinet Office has kindly responded to a similar request in
response to the Civil Service, and advised that I contact HM
Treasury for all other public sector staff. HM Treasury, however,
advised that I contact each department, as they do not hold the
information centrally. You can view the correspondence relating to
these two requests at:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pe...

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pu...

Thank you

Susan Davis

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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

19 November 2008

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departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses
should be sent within 15 working days or 20 working days if you are
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number
2008/0096569.

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
http://www.dius.gov.uk/index.htm

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From: Susan Davis

29 December 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

My Freedom of Information Act request on this subject should have
received a response by 17 December. Please could you let me know
how you are progressing with it and what your revised target date
is?

Many thanks

Susan Davis

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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

5 January 2009

Dear Ms Davis,
With reference to your request received on 19 November 2008 about
performance related pay schemes in the public sector, the following sets
out the approach in the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
(DIUS).

Our latest population data (November 2008) shows a total of 850 posts
within DIUS. Of those, some 70 are in the Senior Civil Service (SCS) and
are paid under the arrangements set out by the Cabinet Office in their
response to you.

For the remaining staff, this has been the first year of DIUS pay
arrangements. For those people, all grades below the SCS, we have paid
performance incentives for the highest performers in the form of variable,
non-consolidated pay. That covers the performance period from the creation
of the department to 31 March 2008.

The Department also has a scheme to reward those who live the DIUS values
in the workplace. This is not a performance related scheme but focuses on
people who display the behaviours associated with our values: innovation;
collaboration and maximising talent.

If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact:

Sara Parry
Head of HR Policy & Reward
DIUS
Kingsgate House
0203 300 8174

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Yours sincerely,

Josie Harrold
Public Communications Unit
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From: Susan Davis

9 January 2009

Dear Josie,

Thank you very much for your reply

Yours sincerely,

Susan

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