This report by the Review Body on Senior Salaries makes 34 recommendations for parliamentary pay arrangements and allowances for 2007, covering both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Recommendations include: (i) that for 2007 the salaries of MPs be increased by a further 1.9% of the salary payable from 1 November 2006, taking the new salary to £61,820, with the increase backdated to 1 April 2007; that the annual uprating take place on 1 April each year, beginning April 2008; that for 3 years, beginning in April 2008, MPs salaries be increased by £650 a year and that future reviews of parliamentary pay, pensions and expenditure take place at four-yearly intervals; that from 1 April 2007 Ministers in the House of Lords receive the same pecentage increase in their salaries as Ministers of the same rank in the Commons; that the National Audit Office should audit the expenses of a representative sample of MPs each year; that partners of MPs who are named in the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund as sole beneficiaries should be entitled to the same travel arrangements available to spouses and civil partners; that the London Supplement be increased to £3,500, and henceforth adjusted in line with the Public Sector Average Earnings.

This is the 33rd report on senior salaries from the Review Body on Senior Salaries. Following the Coalition Government's announcement to tackle the budget deficit, a two-year pay freeze for all public sector workers paid more than £21,000 was put in place. This Review therefore makes no general recommendations for pay increases for the remit groups normally covered by this review, which include senior civil service, military officers and certain senior managers in the NHS. The Review Body though was already engaged in a major review of the judicial pay structure, although implementation of these recommendations for the judiciary may be affected by the overall pay freeze. The Review has set out 10 recommendations, including: that for senior officers in the armed forces the Ministry of Defence should review the performance management and pay system to define the objectives of performance-related pay and whether the existing system can be improved. The other recommendations look at the judiciary. The publication is divided into five chapters, with nine appendices

This report is a response to the Government's request to consider whether pay for very senior managers in the NHS in England should be made more market-facing at local level. The review was complicated by the fact the NHS is currently undergoing reorganisation. The conclusions must therefore be subject to the caveat that better information is needed, Three recommendations however are put forward: that no additional locality pay measures be added to the new NHS very senior managers' pay framework; that the Department of Health collect and provide information on recruitment, retention and motivation of NHS very senior managers; and that all NHS very senior managers be assimilated into and paid according to the new pay framework, on the basis of job weight, once the current reforms have been fully implemented

This is the thirty-fourth report on senior salaries with the remit of providing independent advice to the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Health on the remuneration of holders of judicial office; senior civil servants; senior officers of the armed forces; very senior managers in the NHS; and other such public appointments. However it covers the second year of the Government's pay freeze for public sector workers paid over £21,000 a year. Therefore, no recommendations for the relevant remit groups could be made. The Review Body report concentrates accordingly on any evidence about recruitment, retention or motiviation, and sets out its views on changes it would like to see in the pay and performance management systems for the remit groups, systems which are nearly all currently under review.

The Review Body on Senior Salaries makes recommendations for the pay arrangements of senior civil servants (SCS) (including the Prime Minister, Ministerial posts and MPs), senior military officers and the judiciary. This is their 28th report which contains recommendations applicable from 1 April 2006. These include: i) increases in SCS base pay should be in the range of 0 to nine per cent according to performance, with an average individual award of 3.25 per cent; ii) performance-related pay scales for two star officers and above increased by three per cent; and iii) retention of the current nine salary groups for the judiciary, with the salary for the Lord Chief Justice increased to £225,000.

The Review Body on Senior Salaries makes recommendations for the pay arrangements of senior civil servants (SCS) (including the Prime Minister, Ministerial posts and MPs), senior military officers and the judiciary. This is their 29th report which contains recommendations applicable from 1 April 2007.

The Senior Salaries Review Body's remit now covers certain senior managers in the National Health Service, as well as leaders in the law, the armed forces and the Civil Service. The Body detects signs that the pay of these groups is falling increasingly behind that of comparable groups in the wider public and private sectors, and that is beginning to cause problems of recruitment, retention and morale. The increases proposed are moderate, but the report stresses that it would be against the public interest in the longer term if the quality or performance of the state's senior managers and judges were to deteriorate.

This is the 31st report on senior salaries (Cm. 7556, ISBN 9780101755627) and is presented by the Review Body on Senior Salaries established in 1993. The Review Body provides independent advice to the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and the Secretaries of State for Defence and Health on the remuneration of holders of judicial office; senior civil servants; senior officers of the armed forces; senior managers in the NHS (chief executives, executive directors) and other equivalent public appointments. The publication is divided into 5 chapters, with 9 appendices. The chapters cover the following areas: Chapter 1: Introduction and economic evidence; Chapter 2: The senior civil service; Chapter 3: Senior officers in the armed forces; Chapter 4: The judiciary; Chapter 5: Very senior managers in the National Health Service. There are 19 recommedations set out over these 5 chapters, including: that senior civil service base pay be increased by 2.1%; that permanent secretaries' base pay be increased by 2.1%; that the MoD produce further evidence on the job evaluation exercise of the senior military, including 4-star officers; that administrations in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland make collection of information in job weight a priority and continue work with the judiciary to collect meaningful data to show whether job weight at different levels is changing over time; that from 1 April 2009 the pay for Very Senior Managers in the NHS should increase by 2.4%. The publication sets out in various tables the recommended salaries for the above holders.

The Review Body on Senior Salaries makes recommendations for the pay arrangements of senior civil servants (SCS) (including the Prime Minister, Ministerial posts and MPs), senior military officers and the judiciary. This is their 27th report which contains recommendations applicable from 1 April 2005. These include: i) the introduction of new pay bands for the SCS to incorporate revalorisation at the rate of 2.5 per cent, with individual pay increases up to nine per cent; ii) the pay range for Permanent Secretaries of £130,350 to £264,250; iii) the introduction of a new performance-related pay scale for two star officers and above, to incorporate revalorisation at the rate of 2.5 per cent; and iv) an increase of 3.0 per cent for judicial salaries.

The Government asked Sir John Baker to review the options for determining MPs' remuneration and to identify an independent mechanism for doing so in future. This followed a Senior Salaries Review Body report on parliamentary pay (2008, Cm. 7270, ISBN 9780101727020). Sir John recommends that the current Senior Salaries Review Body should become the independent body which determines MPs' pay, conduct reviews every four years or so. Consideration should be given to securing its independence by Government undertaking or statute. Pay should be uprated annually by the three month average Public Sector Average Earnings Index on 1 April, using the published PSAEI figure for January of that year. MPs' salary with effect from 1 April 2008 should be £64,634 (an increase of 3.5 per cent plus £650 - this latter sum being that identified in the SSRB report to start bringing the pay into line with the earnings of the public sector comparators). The salary should increase again by the PSAEI annual percentage plus £650 on 1 April 2009 and again on 1 April 2010, thereafter by the PSAEI annual percentage. The independent body should consider MPs' pension arrangements bearing in mind the unusual career pattern of MPs and the evolution of pensions in the public sector and the wider economy. The London supplement for London MPs should be increased to £3,623 with effect from 1 April 2008. Sir John is concerned that the new mechanism achieves the support and trust of MPs, Government and the public. His recommendations are a balanced package which removes the need for MPs to vote on their own pay. He offers alternative pay progression and periodic realignment options should MPS feel the suggested increases are presentationally and politically difficult to accept in the current economic climate.