HR Performance Team

3rd Floor Apollo House

36 Wellesley Road
Apollo House
Croydon
CR0 9YA

Mrs P Taylor Web www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

By email: taylorp123@fsmail.net Our Ref: 15582

Dear Mrs Taylor,

Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act

Thank you for your email dated 21st June 2010 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request has been forwarded to the HR
Performance Team to answer.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act
2000.

In response:

1. How many staff are there in the UK Border Agency, Home Office at:
• Grade 7
• Grade 6
• Grade 5
• SCS Grade?

Please see the table below and our response to question 3.

2. What percentage received an annual staff performance bonus for the

financial year 2009/10? How much was the highest? How much was the lowest?
What was the average amount?

Please see table below. Please note, bonuses awarded in the financial year 2009 - 2010
are paid in the financial year 2010 – 2011. The table below relates to those bonuses
awarded in 2009 - 2010
 Grade No. of Total % of Highest Lowest Average
staff staff in staff in Amount Amount Amount
eligible receipt receipt
for a of bonus of bonus
bonus in in
2009/10 2009/10 2009/10
Grade 7 496 126 25% £1,219.60 £475.28 £1,106.79
Grade 6 165 45 27% £3,000 £1,135.80 £1,400.71
Senior 68 42 62% £10,000 £3,500 £5,238.10
Civil
Service

3. Did the UK Border Agency Chief Executive receive an annual staff

performance bonus for the financial year 2009 - 10? How much was it?

Yes, the UKBA Chief Executive received a bonus in the range of £5,000 to £10,000.

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 Team

Home Office
Ground Floor,
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF

During the independent internal 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

HR Performance Team