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Senior Civil Servants and Special Advisers: Pay

Lords · Question HL6565 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Leigh of Hurley

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the salary level or grade of seniority of a (1) permanent civil servant, (2) direct ministerial appointment, (3) public appointment and (4) special adviser at which there is a policy of public transparency on the in

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 22 Apr 2025

In the Civil Service, the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is subject to pay transparency arrangements. Departments publish the remuneration of their staff operating at Board level in their Annual Accounts (Remuneration and staff report). Departments also publi...