Pay
International Development
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to introduce regional pay since 20 March 2012; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID's pay freeze concludes this year. DFID, in line with the civil service pay guidance for 2012-13 issued by HM Treasury, will submit a three-year pay strategy to the Cabinet Office which, among other things, will explain how DFID is going to move to a more market-related pay structure.
