PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pay (4 September 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

The table shows the lowest and highest full-time equivalent salaries paid to DCMS employees in each year specified. The highest salary is shown in bands of £5,000, in-line with the Department’s annual disclosure of senior salaries through its annual accounts and reports. The 2014-15 figures are shown as at 1 September, 2014.

Year	Lowest Salary (£)	Highest Salary (£) (given as range)
2010-11	19,436	225,000-229,999
2011-12	20,034	225,000-229,999
2012-13	20,034	155,000-159,999
2013-14	20,234	150000-154999
2014-15 *figures as at 01/09/14	20,234	170,000-174,999

DCMS does not hold this information in relation to its public bodies.

Answered by:
Helen Grant (Conservative)
9 September 2014