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Ms Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. [67777]
Mr. Thomas: The Cabinet Office collects and publishes annually statistical information on the civil service by Department. These include data on the employment of men and women.
The number of permanent and pensionable home civil service (HCS) staff employed by DFID as at 1 May 2006 broken down by gender is: male: 949 and female: 898.
The average (median) pay for HCS staff employed by DFID as at 1 May 2006 by gender are as follows:
| 1 May 2006 |
| | Headcount | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
Median
|
32,738
|
26,652
|
29,570
|
12,518
|
20,594
|
13,358
|
32,557
|
22,151
|
29,467
|
|
Female median pay as percentage of male median pay
|
81.4
|
164.5
|
68.0
|
Note: A new payroll system introduced in 2004 holds data only from 2001 onwards equivalent figures for 1997 therefore can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
|
The number of HCS staff employed by DFID broken down by gender and grade in each of the last five years are shown in the following tables:
| 1 April 2002 |
| All non-industrial staff |
| | Headcount | | | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| Responsibility level | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
SCS
|
50
|
10
|
60
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
10
|
60
|
|
Grades 6/7
|
268
|
136
|
404
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
268.9
|
138
|
406.9
|
|
SEO/HEO
|
194
|
144
|
338
|
1
|
19
|
20
|
194.5
|
155.6
|
350.1
|
|
EO
|
135
|
133
|
268
|
1
|
27
|
28
|
135.5
|
150.1
|
285.6
|
|
AO/AA
|
154
|
235
|
389
|
2
|
42
|
44
|
155.1
|
258.8
|
413.9
|
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
801
|
658
|
1459
|
5
|
91
|
96
|
804
|
712.5
|
1516.5
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
All industrial staff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11 May 2006 : Column 459W
11 May 2006 : Column 460W
| 1 April 2003 |
| All non-industrial staff |
| | Headcount | | | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| Responsibility level | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
SCS
|
47
|
13
|
60
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
49.4
|
13
|
62.4
|
|
Grades 6/7
|
310
|
157
|
467
|
2
|
11
|
13
|
311.4
|
165
|
476.4
|
|
SEO/HEO
|
217
|
186
|
403
|
0
|
18
|
18
|
217
|
197.1
|
414.1
|
|
EO
|
130
|
120
|
250
|
1
|
25
|
26
|
130.5
|
134.5
|
265
|
|
AO/AA
|
140
|
216
|
356
|
2
|
43
|
45
|
141.3
|
240.9
|
382.2
|
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
844
|
692
|
1536
|
8
|
97
|
105
|
849.6
|
750.5
|
1600.1
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
All industrial staff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1 April 2004 |
| All non-industrial staff |
| | Headcount | | | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| Responsibility level | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
SCS
|
56
|
19
|
75
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
56.9
|
19
|
75.9
|
|
Grades 6/7
|
362
|
202
|
564
|
4
|
20
|
24
|
364.8
|
216.7
|
581.5
|
|
SEO/HEO
|
232
|
192
|
424
|
0
|
22
|
22
|
232
|
206.2
|
438.2
|
|
EO
|
142
|
137
|
279
|
3
|
23
|
26
|
143.6
|
150.7
|
294.3
|
|
AO/AA
|
141
|
224
|
365
|
1
|
41
|
42
|
141.5
|
248.6
|
390.1
|
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
933
|
774
|
1707
|
9
|
106
|
115
|
938.8
|
841.2
|
1780
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
All industrial staff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1 April 2005 |
| All non-industrial staff |
| | Headcount | | | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| Responsibility level | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
SCS
|
61
|
22
|
83
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
62.5
|
22.6
|
85.1
|
|
Grades 6/7
|
407
|
218
|
625
|
6
|
23
|
29
|
411.1
|
234.4
|
645.5
|
|
SEO/HEO
|
261
|
245
|
506
|
2
|
23
|
25
|
262.1
|
259.6
|
521.7
|
|
EO
|
133
|
145
|
278
|
3
|
23
|
26
|
134.6
|
159.8
|
294.4
|
|
AO/AA
|
124
|
184
|
308
|
1
|
44
|
45
|
124.5
|
211.3
|
335.8
|
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
986
|
814
|
1800
|
14
|
114
|
128
|
994.8
|
887.7
|
1882.5
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
All industrial staff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1 April 2006 |
| All non-industrial staff |
| | Headcount | | | |
| | Full-time staff | Part-time staff | Full-time equivalent |
| Responsibility level | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|
SCS
|
56
|
22
|
78
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
58.4
|
23.8
|
82.2
|
|
Grades 6/7
|
378
|
253
|
631
|
2
|
22
|
24
|
379.7
|
267.7
|
647.4
|
|
SEO/HEO
|
267
|
210
|
477
|
0
|
25
|
25
|
267
|
226.4
|
493.4
|
|
EO
|
129
|
131
|
260
|
5
|
23
|
28
|
131.5
|
145.3
|
276.8
|
|
AO/AA
|
107
|
171
|
278
|
2
|
38
|
40
|
107.9
|
193.8
|
301.7
|
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
937
|
787
|
1724
|
12
|
111
|
123
|
944.5
|
857
|
1801.5
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
All industrial staff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
