Request
- Please state the effective date (day and month) of your organisation’s 2022 pay review.
- If the 2022 pay review has yet to be finalised please state the month in which you anticipate it will be concluded.
- Please state the employee group/s covered by the 2022 pay review.
- Please state the total number of employees covered by the 2022 pay review.
- Please provide a copy of your 2022 pay agreement (if applicable) or generic pay circular sent to employees (that is one that does not identify any individual employee) outlining the outcome of the latest pay review if there are no collective negotiations.
- Please state the % consolidated basic pay rise received by the lowest-paid adult employee as a result of the 2022 pay review excluding the effect of any incremental progression, merit pay or bonuses.
- If an employee’s annual pay award is determined solely according to an assessment of their individual performance (commonly known as a merit increase) as opposed to an across-the-board pay rise (where all employees generally receive the same increase irrespective of their individual performance) please state the percentage of the paybill allocated to fund these awards, the average increase and whether or not the awards are consolidated.
- If any employees were eligible for one-off individual performance-related payments or bonuses over and above the general pay rise please state the range of awards (either as a percentage of their base salary or a cash amount as applicable) and the overall % of the paybill allocated to fund them.
- Please state the overall paybill increase as a result of the latest pay review expressed as a percentage of the paybill.
- Please state the name of the union/unions party to your main collective agreement covering pay and conditions if there are collective negotiations.
- Please provide the name and contact details of the person/s responsible for overseeing your organisation’s annual pay review.
Outcome
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Response
1. Please state the effective date (day and month) of your organisation’s 2022 pay review.
1st of April 2022
2. If the 2022 pay review has yet to be finalised please state the month in which you anticipate it will be concluded.
N/A
3. Please state the employee group/s covered by the 2022 pay review.
All delegated grades (i.e. those below SCS)
4. Please state the total number of employees covered by the 2022 pay review.
561
5. Please provide a copy of your 2022 pay agreement (if applicable) or generic pay circular sent to employees (that is one that does not identify any individual employee) outlining the outcome of the latest pay review if there are no collective negotiations.
Please see the attached PDF document titled “Pay Offer 2022-2023”. The redacted information is exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/cas-102594-pay-offer-2022-2023.pdf
6. Please state the % consolidated basic pay rise received by the lowest-paid adult employee as a result of the 2022 pay review excluding the effect of any incremental progression, merit pay or bonuses.
10.3%
7. If an employee’s annual pay award is determined solely according to an assessment of their individual performance (commonly known as a merit increase) as opposed to an across-the-board pay rise (where all employees generally receive the same increase irrespective of their individual performance) please state the percentage of the paybill allocated to fund these awards, the average increase and whether or not the awards are consolidated.
No employees annual pay award was determined solely by performance.
8. If any employees were eligible for one-off individual performance-related payments or bonuses over and above the general pay rise please state the range of awards (either as a percentage of their base salary or a cash amount as applicable) and the overall % of the paybill allocated to fund them.
£1,453 per employee rated as “exceeding” in their end of year performance review.
9. Please state the overall paybill increase as a result of the latest pay review expressed as a percentage of the paybill.
The overall paybill increase is 3% as agreed in our pay remit.
10. Please state the name of the union/unions party to your main collective agreement covering pay and conditions if there are collective negotiations.
PCS, FDA and Prospect.
11. Please provide the name and contact details of the person/s responsible for overseeing your organisation’s annual pay review.
Andrea Metcalf, Director of People, Inclusion and Change.