FOI2020/00166: Payments to Senior/Non-Senior Staff
Case reference FOI2020/00166
Published 28 June 2021
Request
Request Received: 9 June 2020
Please could you advise the following information.
For: (a) Non-Senior UKRI staff deployed in the (i) Medical Research Council (MRC), (ii) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and (ii) Innovate UK, and (b) Senior UKR staff (who are subject to the Government's public sector pay policy for Senior Managers [that is, equivalent to the handling of Senior Civil Servants]):
1.For the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 how many of the following payments were made:
(a) Ex-gratia payments
(b) Redundancy payments (compulsory)
(c) Redundancy payments (voluntary)
(d) COT3 agreement payments
(e) Special severance payments
2. For the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, how many business cases were made to the Cabinet Office and/or HM Treasury seeking approval for:
(a) Ex-gratia payments
(b) Redundancy payments (compulsory)
(c) Redundancy payments (voluntary)
(d) COT3 agreement payments
(e) Special severance payments
3. For the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, how many business cases for the following payments were approved by the Cabinet Office and/or HM Treasury for:
(a) Ex-gratia payments
(b) Redundancy payments (compulsory)
(c) Redundancy payments (voluntary)
(d) COT3 agreement payments
(e) Special severance payments
Please tabulate your response and distinguish between the MRC, STFC and Innovate UK and UKRI Senior Managers.
Please note that this information request does not concern any non-consolidated performance-related payments.
Response
Response Sent: 20 July 2020
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