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418991

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on limits to progression pay increases for civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	10329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not have contractual pay progression. The value and method of any progression forms part of the annual pay review and must be affordable within the terms set out in the annual civil service pay guidance issued by Treasury.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 15:24:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

228767

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average hourly pay is of employees in the Law Officers' Departments identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/03/2015 12:15:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228771

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average hourly pay is of employees in his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>In the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the average hourly rate of pay for White or White British employees is £23.53. For BIS employees that are Black, Asian or other minority ethnic groups (including mixed race), the hourly rate is £20.07.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the above figures reflect the different levels of seniority of the employees that have provided their ethnicity information. This information is declared on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/03/2015 13:02:59 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228772

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade in his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>As was the case under the previous administration, officials are not compelled to declare their ethnicity. Statistically valid information about pay broken down by ethnicity is therefore not available</p><p>Diversity data on the declared ethnic background of Non-Executive Board Members and Government Board Members appointed since 2010 is not held centrally.</p><p>The Cabinet Office will shortly publish the report by Ethnic Dimension Research &amp; Consultancy on &quot;Identifying and Removing Barriers to Talented BAME Staff Progression in the Civil Service&quot; and an updated Talent Action Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 228301 228327 228466 228467 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:37:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228791

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly pay is of employees in her Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education pays staff an annual salary and not an hourly rate of pay. The average gross pay of employees in the Department, split by ethnicity, is listed in Table 1 below that includes the Department’s three Executive Agencies. Not all employees choose to declare their ethnicity and the information has been calculated from the payroll records of staff who have provided this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Average gross annual salaries for staff as at September 2014 (the date of the Department’s last equal pay audit) split by grade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EA</p></td><td><p>£19,066</p></td><td><p>£20,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>£24,210</p></td><td><p>£25,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>£29,884</p></td><td><p>£31,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>£37,444</p></td><td><p>£37,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p>£50,387</p></td><td><p>£51,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 6</p></td><td><p>£62,939</p></td><td><p>£62,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>£84,597</p></td><td><p>£88,501</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2015 16:08:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228842

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average hourly pay is of employees in his Department identified as (a) white or white British and (b) from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP is committed to equality and valuing diversity within our workforce. Our pay policies are applied equally to all staff regardless of ethnicity and we are compliant with the legislation contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure of ethnicity, although encouraged, is voluntary within the department. At the end of February 2015 ethnicity data was held for 77% of staff working in the department.</p><p> </p><p>All our employees are salaried and information is therefore provided based on annual salary. As of February 2015 the average annual salary of staff identified as:</p><p> </p><p>(a) White or White British was £23,209</p><p>(b) From a Black, Asian or other ethnic group was £23,371.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:50:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228481

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade in the Prime Minister's Office identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>As was the case under the previous administration, officials are not compelled to declare their ethnicity. Statistically valid information about pay broken down by ethnicity is therefore not available</p><p>Diversity data on the declared ethnic background of Non-Executive Board Members and Government Board Members appointed since 2010 is not held centrally.</p><p>The Cabinet Office will shortly publish the report by Ethnic Dimension Research &amp; Consultancy on &quot;Identifying and Removing Barriers to Talented BAME Staff Progression in the Civil Service&quot; and an updated Talent Action Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 228327 228466 228467 228571 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:37:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228483

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median hourly pay is for all employees in each ethnic group in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>As was the case under the previous administration, officials are not compelled to declare their ethnicity. Statistically valid information about pay broken down by ethnicity is therefore not available</p><p>Diversity data on the declared ethnic background of Non-Executive Board Members and Government Board Members appointed since 2010 is not held centrally.</p><p>The Cabinet Office will shortly publish the report by Ethnic Dimension Research &amp; Consultancy on &quot;Identifying and Removing Barriers to Talented BAME Staff Progression in the Civil Service&quot; and an updated Talent Action Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 228301 228466 228467 228571 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:37:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228492

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Please see table below for average hourly pay as at end December 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Median Hourly Pay £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>BAME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist</p></td><td><p>54.6</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range B</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range C</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range D</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range E</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range E2</p></td><td><p>29.4</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>37.4</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 13:37:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228505

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached table.<br><br>Averages and headcount figures have been calculated against staff included in the Department headcount under the Office of National Statistics definition as of 28 February 2015. This includes all staff paid via the Department’s payroll and employed on either a permanent, fixed term or interchange basis.</p><p> </p><p>Department employees that did not provide or consent to the disclosure of their diversity information have not been included in the staff numbers or salary averages.</p><p> </p><p>Until recent reform staff below the Senior Civil Service in DCLG had contractual pay progression, this linked increases in pay to length of service and it is this factor that is likely to underpin any differences in hourly rate, length of service, rather than ethnicity itself is the causal factor.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 14:01:39 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero