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Department for Business and Trade: Prizes

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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 21299, tabled on 19 December 2024

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin
Conservative
West Worcestershire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many in-year awards were made to officials in his Department since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Justin Madders
Labour
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Commons

Answered on

9 January 2025

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) operates a fully in year reward system for delegated grades and, like in other departments, has a non-consolidated performance budget that is derived from a percentage of the pay bill. In DBT, this is 1.3% and may be spent on cash or vouchers (up to a maximum of £2,500 per employee in any financial year).

Between 5th July 2024 and 19th December 2024, DBT made 3,468 cash in-year awards (with a total value of £1,551,060) and 2,466 non-cash awards (with a total value of £190,648).

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