HR UKBA Reward Team

8th Floor
Apollo House
Wellesley Road
Croydon CR9 2BY

Mrs. P Taylor
Fax
By Email Web www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

21-Aug-09

Dear Mrs. Taylor,

Thank you for your email of 26 July 2009, sent to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) Freedom of
Information team, where you requested data under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
concerning the amount paid in bonuses to UKBA staff in the financial year 2008/2009.

You specifically asked:

• How many staff are there in the UK Border Agency at Home Office grade 7 (Assistant
Director)? What percentage received an annual staff performance bonus for the
financial year 2008/09? How much was the highest? How much was the lowest?
What was the average amount?

• How many staff are there in the UK Border Agency at Home Office grade 6 (Deputy
Director)? What percentage received an annual staff performance bonus for the
financial year 2008/09? How much was the highest? How much was the lowest?
What was the average amount?

• How many staff are there in the UK Border Agency at Home Office grade 5
(Director)? What percentage received an annual staff performance bonus for the
financial year 2008/09? How much was the highest? How much was the lowest?
What was the average amount?

• How many staff are there in the UK Border Agency at Senior Director grade? What
percentage received an annual staff performance bonus for the financial year
2008/09? How much was the highest? How much was the lowest? What was the
average amount?

• Did the UK Border Agency Chief Executive receive an annual staff performance
bonus for the financial year 2008/09? How much was it?
Please see below for a breakdown of the information you have requested.

No. Of staff in Total Staff

% in receipt
post at end of in receipt Highest Lowest Average
Grade of Bonus in
Financial Year of Bonus Amount Amount Amount
2008/09
2008/09 in 2008/09
Grade 7 390 148 37.95% £2,233.48 £481.06 £984.29
Grade 6 119 44 36.97% £3,927.58 £1,054.20 £1,416.72
Senior Civil
Service 45 28 62.22% £22,000.00 £1,368.04 £9,386.66

Please note, the above figures for Senior Civil Service include Grade 5s as we do not
separate out the grades in our statistics.

The end of year bonus is designed to recognise exceptional performance that is over and
above what is required in objectives over the course of the full year and is paid with the
annual pay increase in July. All staff are expected to do a good job, but each year there are
some individuals who, through their particular effort and skill, deliver substantial
achievements which make a significant difference to business delivery, and warrant special
recognition and reward in the form of a performance bonus.

In response to your last question:

The Home Office’s Departmental Reports and Resourcing Accounts provide information on
salary ranges for members of the Home Office Board. Where applicable those ranges also
include bonuses but that information is not provided separately. Under section 40 (5) of the
Freedom of Information Act we neither confirm nor deny whether we hold the information you
requested. Under this section we are exempt from divulging further personal information
relating to a third party. This response should not be taken as conclusive evidence that the
information you have requested exists or does not exist.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of
our handling of your request. Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the UK Border Agency sending a substantive reply to your original request and
should be addressed to:

Information Access Policy Team

Freedom of Information Team
UK Border Agency
11th Floor - Short Corridor
Lunar House,
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY

During the independent review the department’s handling of your information request will be
reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you
remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the
Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely

UK Border Agency