Questions about performance awards given to Bank of England staff from 1 Mar 2019 to – 28 February 2022

Freedom of Information rules mean that, as a public authority, the Bank of England is obliged to disclose certain types of information, both proactively and on request.

Date: 12 August 2022

Disclosure:

‘- The total amount of performance awards given to employees at the Bank of England for each of the last three years, with the year ending February 28 2022.

- The number of awards made in the year March 1 2021 to February 28 2022.’

Please see the table below showing the number of Bank of England (‘Bank’) staff who have received performance awards and the total amount of them, broken down by year for the last three years:

Year Number of staff who received awards
Total amount
2021/2022
4263
£23,325,265
2020/2021
3971
£22,080,732
2019/2020
3897
£21,393,110

‘- The number of awards made by amount for the latest year to February 28 2022, in bands of £5,000.’ 

The table below shows the number of performance awards given in each £5,000 band for the 2021/2022 year: 

Band
Number of staff
£0-£5,000
2167
£5,001- £10,000
1733
£10,001-£15,000
329
£15,001-£20,000
34