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<p>The median gender pay gap for full-time civil servants has narrowed since 2010
but we must continue to press to narrow the gap further, including by reminding departments
of their clear legal obligations on equal pay and conducting equal pay audits. Salaries
for new appointments must be justified on the basis of the skills and experience necessary
to do the job. For staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS), this is for individual
departments to manage. For the centrally-managed SCS, pay proposals have regard to
the impact on women.</p><p>More widely, the Government is concerned that a long-standing
majority of women in the overall civil service, does not translate into a similar
proportion in the SCS. I have commissioned work to address this issue.</p><p> </p>
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