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DWP bosses pocket over £1 million in ‘performance bonuses’ after slashing benefits for Britain’s poorest
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More meaningless statistics!
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"Information published by the DWP reveals that DWP bosses were handed £595,392 in “end of year” bonuses in 2017/18 and further £544,745 in the following year"
There's absolutely nothing in that quote to indicate how many people those bonuses were shared between!
The reality is that 183 senior civil servants, with salaries in the order of £70k, were each given bonuses of £1,450. That's far lower than equally senior people in many jobs get and only a tiny fraction of what those who work in banking frequently get.
Those right at the top of the civil service pay structure received bonuses avaraging £9,600 but administrative staff and most exceutives only received £500.
Quote:
"Information published by the DWP reveals that DWP bosses were handed £595,392 in “end of year” bonuses in 2017/18 and further £544,745 in the following year"
There's absolutely nothing in that quote to indicate how many people those bonuses were shared between!
The reality is that 183 senior civil servants, with salaries in the order of £70k, were each given bonuses of £1,450. That's far lower than equally senior people in many jobs get and only a tiny fraction of what those who work in banking frequently get.
Those right at the top of the civil service pay structure received bonuses avaraging £9,600 but administrative staff and most exceutives only received £500.
"“However, it is those who brought those policies into being, the Tories, who must shoulder the blame for their cruel cuts.” - from OP Link
youngmafbog - " Are you claiming they dont pay out the correct benefits to everyone? "
That is the title of Linked article in OP, a Link which gives no evidence of "DWP bosses pocket over £1 million in ‘performance bonuses’ after slashing benefits for Britain’s poorest ".
Interesting topic is Civil Servant bonuses:
@Thu 18 Jul 2019 - "About 16,000 civil servants have worked on Brexit at estimated cost of £1.5bn to date"
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I wonder how many Civil Servants and how much £s will be needed to get us over the Line by 31st Dec 2020.
And hopefully 'old hat' (from 2009)
"Analysis of parliamentary questions and departmental accounts by the Press Association found the Whitehall bonus pot for 2008/09 added up to £129,393,139.50 - around £2 for every man, woman and child in the UK.
It means nearly £2.5 million a week - or more than £350,000 a day - went on performance-related pay for Government workers in 2008/09. --------- "For senior civil servants, who make up the top 1 per cent of the organisation, 8.6 per cent of their salary is set aside and only paid if they exceed tough, pre-agreed and delivery-based objectives. "It is less of a bonus for doing well and more of a pay cut if targets are not met." "
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"The pay of civil servants is ultimately the responsibility of HM Treasury, which annually issues guidance on pay, including to government departments. Within this framework, departments are able to set their own pay policy. Bonuses (known as non-consolidated performance payments) are awarded annually to staff based on their performance at an individual, team or organisational level.
Civil servants are paid similar amounts to people working in other areas of the public sector. At the end of March 2018, median pay across the whole civil service was £26,610. For Senior Civil Servants it was £81,490, and for Administrative Officers, £19,980.
In 2017–18, police officers in England and Wales were paid between £19,971 (junior constables) and £85,614 (senior chief superintendents). Classroom teachers were paid between £22,917 and £67,305, depending on seniority and location."
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youngmafbog - " Are you claiming they dont pay out the correct benefits to everyone? "
That is the title of Linked article in OP, a Link which gives no evidence of "DWP bosses pocket over £1 million in ‘performance bonuses’ after slashing benefits for Britain’s poorest ".
Interesting topic is Civil Servant bonuses:
@Thu 18 Jul 2019 - "About 16,000 civil servants have worked on Brexit at estimated cost of £1.5bn to date"
https:/
I wonder how many Civil Servants and how much £s will be needed to get us over the Line by 31st Dec 2020.
And hopefully 'old hat' (from 2009)
"Analysis of parliamentary questions and departmental accounts by the Press Association found the Whitehall bonus pot for 2008/09 added up to £129,393,139.50 - around £2 for every man, woman and child in the UK.
It means nearly £2.5 million a week - or more than £350,000 a day - went on performance-related pay for Government workers in 2008/09. --------- "For senior civil servants, who make up the top 1 per cent of the organisation, 8.6 per cent of their salary is set aside and only paid if they exceed tough, pre-agreed and delivery-based objectives. "It is less of a bonus for doing well and more of a pay cut if targets are not met." "
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"The pay of civil servants is ultimately the responsibility of HM Treasury, which annually issues guidance on pay, including to government departments. Within this framework, departments are able to set their own pay policy. Bonuses (known as non-consolidated performance payments) are awarded annually to staff based on their performance at an individual, team or organisational level.
Civil servants are paid similar amounts to people working in other areas of the public sector. At the end of March 2018, median pay across the whole civil service was £26,610. For Senior Civil Servants it was £81,490, and for Administrative Officers, £19,980.
In 2017–18, police officers in England and Wales were paid between £19,971 (junior constables) and £85,614 (senior chief superintendents). Classroom teachers were paid between £22,917 and £67,305, depending on seniority and location."
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