BIS: historic pay scales data
Release providing details of the pay awards made to Grade 6 staff who worked for BIS (formerly DTI) between 1998 and 2000.
Source · Transparency & FOI
GOV.UK Published FOI Responses
12,400 published responses
108 organisations
Q1 2026 latest stats period
85.5% avg on-time rate
Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.
Published responses
Pay rates for non-senior civil service (non-SCS) staff
Information on the pay rates of non-SCS staff employed by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
National minimum wage: resources and staffing levels
Information on the resources and staffing levels to enforce the national minimum wage.
BIS: Twitter accounts maintained by staff and contractors
The number of Twitter accounts maintained by employees or contractors for the department and the name of these accounts.
Charity donations: departmental staff using the payroll system
Total number of people working in the department and of those people, the number making regular donations to a charity via the payroll.
Current pay rates and latest pay settlement for BIS staff
Current pay rates, pay scales and the pay settlement for August 2013 to 31 July 2014.
Spend on staff overtime, temporary staff and staff bonuses
Total overtime payments, spend on temporary staff and bonus payments.
Meditation or mindfulness sessions for staff
Details of meditation sessions available to all BIS staff.
BIS away days and team building exercises
Information on staff away days and team building exercises since May 2010.
BIS staff bonuses 2012 to 2013
Staff bonuses for performance related results during the financial year 2012 to 2013
Trade unions: payments and staff time 2011 to 2013
Information on money paid to trade unions, amount of staff time spent on trade union duties and how staff pay subscriptions.
Mobile phones, laptops and iPads lost or stolen in last 5 years and the number issued
The number of BIS mobile phones, laptops or iPads listed as lost or stolen in the last 5 years and the number issued to staff.
External recruitment agencies used to recruit temporary or contractor staff
External recruitment agencies used by BIS to recruit temporary or contractor staff in the last year including job titles and grades or pay bands.
BIS staff employed on fixed term contracts: 2012 to 2013
Number of BIS staff employed on fixed term contracts in 2012 to 2013 with annual pay, contract length and job title.
BIS staff hired in 2011 to 2012 financial year who received a promotion
The number of staff BIS hired in 2011 to 2012 financial year who have received a promotion.
Number of BIS staff hired in 2011 to 2012 who voluntarily left within 6 and 9 months
The number of staff hired by BIS in 2011 to 2012 who voluntarily left between 6 and 9 months.
Number of staff retained by BIS in 2011 to 2012 financial year after end of their probation period
Staff retained by BIS in 2011 to 2012 after their probation period.
BIS staff seconded from listed financial institutions: 1 January 2010 to present
Secondments to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) from KPMG, Ernst & Young, PWC & Deloitte.
Number of people employed by BIS, including communications, March 2010 to January 2013
Number of people are employed by BIS, including communications staff, and the number of men and women annually, March 2010 to January 2013.
Number of staff employed and number signed up to support a charity via payroll giving.
Provides the number of staff on payroll as of 31 January 2013 and number who make payroll giving donations to charity.
Cost of relocating government staff to Apex Court in Nottingham
Breakdown of the cost of re-locating government staff to Apex Court in Nottingham from other parts of the East Midlands.
BIS staff bonuses paid in 2010 and 2011
Freedom of information release about the number of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff who received bonuses in 2010 and 2011, the average amount and total amount paid in bonuses to staff.
Staff bonuses for 2011/12 including percentage of staff and amounts using £2500 increments
Freedom of information release about performance related payments to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff for the financial year 2011/2012, including the percentage of staff awarded performance related payments, and the number of staff who got payments of differing values displayed in £2,500 increments.
BIS staff bonuses in last three years
Freedom of information release relating to details of bonuses paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to staff in each of the last three financial years (2009 to 2012).
BIS staff bonuses 2011/12
Freedom of information release about bonuses paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for the tax year ending April 5th 2012.
BIS staff numbers, pay and progression in 2010 and 2011
Freedom of information release relating to the annual pay and salary scale of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) civil servants in 2010 or 2011.
Responses by year
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| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 46 |
| 2014 | 53 |
| 2015 | 30 |
| 2016 | 9 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
Best on-time rates
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%
Lowest on-time rates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%