Note 8 to the Departmental Resource Accounts: Staff numbers and related costs
| Staff costs comprise: | 2009-10 £000 Total |
2009-10 £000 Permanently employed staff |
2009-10 £000 Others |
2008-09 Re-stated £000 Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages and salaries | 305,878 | 297,419 | 8,459 | 300,573 |
| Social security costs | 23,741 | 23,741 | - | 23,198 |
| Other pension costs | 57,260 | 57,260 | - | 58,390 |
| Sub Total | 386,879 | 378,420 | 8,459 | 382,161 |
| Less recoveries in respect of outward secondments | (1,858) | (1,858) | - | (1,497) |
| Total net costs | 385,021 | 376,562 | 8,459 | 380,664 |
The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) is an unfunded multi-employer defined benefit scheme but the Crown Prosecution Service is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme actuary valued the scheme as at 31 March 2007. You can find details in the resource accounts of the Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation.
For 2009-10, employers' contributions of £57,050,199 were payable to the PCSPS (2008-09: £58,213,790) at one of four rates in the range 16.7 to 24.3 per cent of pensionable pay, based on salary bands. The scheme's Actuary reviews employer contributions usually every four years following a full scheme valuation. From 2010-11, the rates will be in the range 16.7 to 24.3 per cent. The contribution rates are set to meet the cost of the benefits accruing during 2009-10 to be paid when the member retires and not the benefits paid during this period to existing pensioners.
Employees can opt to open a partnership pension account, a stakeholder pension with an employer contribution. Employers' contributions of £194,756 (2008-09: £161,931) were paid to one or more of the panel of three appointed stakeholder pension providers. Employer contributions are age-related and range from 3 to 12.5 per cent (2008-09: 3 to 12.5 per cent) of pensionable pay.
Employers also match employee contributions up to 3 per cent of pensionable pay. In addition, employer contributions of £15,217, 0.8 per cent (2008-09: £13,949, 0.8 per cent) of pensionable pay, were payable to the PCSPS to cover the cost of the future provision of lump sum benefits on death in service and ill health retirement of these employees.
Contributions due to the partnership pension providers at the balance sheet date were £20,969. Contributions prepaid at that date were £Nil.
4 individuals (2008-09: 12 individuals) retired early on ill health grounds; the total additional pension granted to them amounted to £7,944 (2008-09: £40,077).
Average number of persons employed
The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during the year was as follows.
| Objective | 2009-10 Number Total |
2009-10 Number Permanent staff |
2009-10 Number Others |
2008-09 Re-stated Number Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To ensure the effective delivery of justice. | 8,562 | 8,390 | 172 | 8,755 |
| Total | 8,562 | 8,390 | 172 | 8,755 |
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