To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department received bonus payment in financial year (a) 2008-09, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 2002-03; how much was paid in bonuses in each of these years; and what percentage of his Department's civil servants received bonuses in each of these years.

holding answer 24 April 2009

The Department for Transport comprises a central Department plus seven executive agencies each with its own pay and reward system. Information regarding bonus payments has been collected from the central department and its agencies and collated into one set of figures.

The number of Civil Servants in DFT to receive a non-consolidated performance payment in 2008-09 was 13,471 which is 68 per cent. of staff. The total amount paid was £11,267,771, an average payment of £836.

DFT was created in 2003 therefore there are no figures for 1997-98 and 2002-03.