Date - 27 October 2021
Request
1. Please state the effective date (day and month) of your organisation’s 2021/22 pay review.
2. If the 2021/22 pay review has yet to be finalised please state the month in which you anticipate it will be concluded.
3. Please state the employee group/s covered by the 2021/22 pay review.
4. Please state the total number of employees covered by the 2021/22 pay review.
5. Please provide a copy of your 2021/22 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.
6. Please state the percentage consolidated basic pay rise received by the lowest-paid adult (aged 18 and over) employee as a result of the 2021/22 pay review* excluding the effect of any incremental progression, merit pay or bonuses.
* When calculating this figure please bear in mind that, if applicable, employees covered by the 2021/22 Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance who are paid less than the full-time equivalent (FTE) salary of £24,000 receive the greater of a FTE £250 consolidated basic pay rise or an increase taking them up to the National Living Wage of £8.91 an hour.
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 rises (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 range of increases and whether or not the awards are consolidated.
8. If any employees were eligible for individual performance-related payments or bonuses over and above the general pay rise please state the range of increases (either as a percentage of their base salary or a cash amount as applicable), whether or not they were consolidated into basic pay and please state the overall percentage of the paybill allocated to fund these awards.
9. Please state the overall paybill increase as a result of the latest pay review expressed as a percentage of the paybill.
10. Please state the name of the union/unions party to your main collective agreement covering pay and conditions if there are collective negotiations.
11. Please provide the name and contact details of the person/s responsible for overseeing your organisation’s annual pay review.
Response
I can confirm that we hold the information you have requested.
Information we are able to supply
1. Please state the effective date (day and month) of your organisation’s 2021/22 pay review.
31 March 2021.
2. If the 2021/22 pay review has yet to be finalised please state the month in which you anticipate it will be concluded.
September 2021.
3. Please state the employee group/s covered by the 2021/22 pay review.
All staff.
4. Please state the total number of employees covered by the 2021/22 pay review.
54 - All staff were included in the review, and then only 54 members of staff received any sort of uplift based on the criteria (£250 award for staff earning under 24k per annum).
5. Please provide a copy of your 2021/22 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.
See civil service pay guidance: Civil Service pay remit guidance 2021/22 - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-pay-remit-guidance-202122).
6. Please state the percentage consolidated basic pay rise received by the lowest-paid adult (aged 18 and over) employee as a result of the 2021/22 pay review* excluding the effect of any incremental progression, merit pay or bonuses.
* When calculating this figure please bear in mind that, if applicable, employees covered by the 2021/22 Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance who are paid less than the full-time equivalent (FTE) salary of £24,000 receive the greater of a FTE £250 consolidated basic pay rise or an increase taking them up to the National Living Wage of £8.91 an hour.
This equated to 1.24% for the lowest paid individuals who received the £250 increase.
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 rises (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 range of increases and whether or not the awards are consolidated.
N/A – we didn’t pay performance pay increases this year due to the pay freeze.
8. If any employees were eligible for individual performance-related payments or bonuses over and above the general pay rise please state the range of increases (either as a percentage of their base salary or a cash amount as applicable), whether or not they were consolidated into basic pay and please state the overall percentage of the paybill allocated to fund these awards.
The max bonus awarded was 12.5k. We have removed the CEO from these figures to avoid unique identification. Our bonuses are non-consolidated. Our total bonus pot was 2.23% of our paybill.
9. Please state the overall paybill increase as a result of the latest pay review expressed as a percentage of the paybill.
0.039%.
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 union and there were no negotiations.
11. Please provide the name and contact details of the person/s responsible for overseeing your organisation’s annual pay review.
Paula Harris, our Director of People and Culture. Paula’s contact email address is: paula.harris@tpr.gov.uk.