Salaries over £100,000

Please can you supply me with the following:

1)  The names and job titles of any person working for your organisation who was paid over £100,000 (gross) in the financial years 2009/10 and 2008/9 and the details of how much they were paid. I appreciate that 2009/10 isn’t over yet but as most of the people listed above are on fixed salaries can you please tell me who is on over 100 grand for this year?

2)   If anyone left in the middle of a financial year but would have earned £100,000 or more had they stayed on, can you tell us about them as well, please?

3)   Can you tell us who signed off on these £100,000+ incomes…(e.g. was it a select committee, the Head of HR, the boss (and if it was the boss who was on over £100,000 a year who agreed on his or her salary).

4)   Can you please give us the details of any bonuses, pension contributions, over-time extras, ‘golden handshakes’, ‘golden farewells’ and redundancy payments that the people you mention above received in the financial years 2008/9 and 2009/10?

Thank you for your e-mail dated 15^th April 2010. We are pleased to provide you with the following information in response to your questions. Please be aware that not all the relevant information Ordnance Survey holds has been provided with this response, as parts of it fall under an exemption of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), with the relevant sections and reasons detailed below:

1. 2008-2009

Ordnance Survey does hold the names, job titles and salary for any person working for the organisation and earning over £100,000 per annum.  However, this is partially exempt under S21 (1) of the FOIA - Information Accessible to Applicant by other means.  Information for the Director General/Chief Executive Officer and the Directors is provided on our website. The following link will assist you:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/annualreport/08-09/docs/directors-remunerations.pdf

As section 21 (1) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance.

In addition to the information detailed above we also provide you with the following information for persons working for our organisation and earning over £100,000 per annum:

There is an expectation that the names and job titles of those staff working for Ordnance Survey, whose personal information is not already in the public domain via the Annual Report or Civil Service Yearbook will remain confidential. Therefore, although Ordnance Survey does hold this information we will not be releasing it to you, under S 40 (2) (a) Personal Information.

However, we are able to advise the above roles were all within our IS department.

As section 40 (2) (a) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance. 

2009-2010

Ordnance Survey does hold the names, job titles and salary for any persons working for the organisation and earning over £100,000 per annum. However, this is partially exempt information under S22 (1) (a) of the FOIA – Information intended for future publication. Information in relation to the Director General/Chief Executive Office and Directors will be published in the 2009-2010 Annual Report at a future date.

In considering the Public Interest Test under S22 (1) (a) above, we believe the interest in withholding this information under the applicable section at this time, outweighs the interest in the disclosure of it.

In addition to the information detailed above we also provide you with the following information, for other persons working for our organisation and earning over £100,000 per annum:

There is an expectation that the names and job titles of those staff working for Ordnance Survey, whose personal information is not already in the public domain via the Annual Report or Civil Service Yearbook will remain confidential. Therefore, although Ordnance Survey does hold this information we will not be releasing it to you, under S 40 (2) (a) Personal Information. 

However, we are able to advise all the above roles were all within our IS department, with the exception of one person. We will not be releasing the job title or work area of this person under S 40 (2) as we believe this could personally identify the individual.

As section 40 (2) (a) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in these instances.

2. 2008-2009

Ordnance Survey does hold the names, job titles and salary for any person working for the organisation who would have earned over £100,000 per annum had they stayed on and not left part way through the year.  However, this is partially exempt under S21 (1) of the FOIA - Information Accessible to Applicant by other means.  Information for the Director General/Chief Executive Officer and the Directors is provided on our website. The following link will assist you:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/annualreport/08-09/docs/directors-remunerations.pdf

As section 21 (1) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance.

We also, detail the following information, in relation to staff who would have earned over £100,000 per annum had they stayed on and not left part way through the year 2008-2009.

There is an expectation that the names and job titles of those staff working for Ordnance Survey, whose personal information is not already in the public domain via the Annual Report or Civil Service Yearbook will remain confidential. Therefore, although Ordnance Survey does hold this information, we will not be releasing this information to you, under S 40 (2) (a) Personal Information. 

However, we are able to advise that the above roles were all within our IS department.

As section 40 (2) (a) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance.

2009-2010

We detail the following information, in relation to staff who would have earned over £100,000 had they not left part way through the year 2009-2010

There is an expectation that the names and job titles of those staff working for Ordnance Survey, whose personal information is not already in the public domain via the Annual Report or Civil Service Yearbook will remain confidential. Therefore, although Ordnance Survey does hold this information, we will not be releasing this information to you, under S 40 (2) (a) Personal Information. 

However, we are able to advise that the above roles were all within our IS department.

As section 40 (2) (a) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance.

3.  The remuneration of senior civil servants (Director General/Chief Executive Officer and Directors) is set by the Prime Minister following independent advice from the Review Body on Senior Salaries.

The arrangements for Senior Civil Service pay is also detailed on The Civil Service Website. It provides information on how the pay system operates; this information can be found at:

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/working/pay_and_reward/scs_pay.aspx

The salaries of the individuals listed in the tables above, would have been signed off by senior managers in the applicable work areas.  There is an expectation that the names and job titles of those staff working for Ordnance Survey, whose personal information is not already in the public domain via the Annual Report or Civil Service Yearbook will remain confidential. Although Ordnance Survey does hold this information, this information is partially exempt under S 40 (2) (a) Personal Information.  However, we are able to provide the following information in relation to your question 3:

• The salary for an individual in earning bracket £190,000-£199,000 in 2008-2009 was signed off by the IS Director and the former Finance Director.
• The salary for an individual in the earning bracket £200,000-£209,000 in 2008-2009 was signed off by IS Director and the former Finance Director.
• The salary for an individual in earning bracket £210,000-£219,000 in 2008-2009 was signed off by the Director of IS.
• The salary for the individual in earning bracket £120,000-£129,000 in 2009-2010 was signed off by the IS Director and the former Finance Director.
• The salary for an individual in earning bracket £140,000-£149,000 in 2009-2010 was signed off by the IS Director and the former Finance Director.
• The salary for an individual in earning bracket £240,000-£249,000 in 2009-2010 was signed off by the IS Director
• The salary for an individual in earning bracket £240,000-£249,000 in 2009-2010 was signed off by the Director of HR and the former Finance Director.

As section 40 (2) (a) is an absolute exemption, the Public Interest Test is not applicable in this instance.

4. Any bonuses paid to individuals are considered gross pay, and are detailed in the response provided in question one.

Pension contributions for the Directors are detailed in our response to your question one.

In the case of other staff remuneration, as these staff were/are employed either through an agency or on an interim basis, there are no pension contributions payable.

There are no golden handshakes, golden farewells or redundancy payments for the periods in question: 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, for those persons working for our organization - already mentioned above.

Please note that your enquiry has been processed to Freedom of Information guidelines. If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our Appeals Officer at:

Complaints Team

Customer Service Centre

Ordnance Survey

Romsey Road

SOUTHAMPTON

SO16 4GU 

Please include the reference number below. The Appeals Officer will ensure that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any decisions taken regarding the original response and recommending disclosure of additional information if appropriate.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Reference number: FOI1064/April 2010