Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to include worker representation on its departmental board.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
I refer the Hon. Member to the oral statement on the Corporate Governance Green Paper of 29 November 2016, Official Report, Column 1408.
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the pay of full-time staff in the highest pay grade in her Department and average full-time pay in that Department.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The Office for National Statistics publish the salary ratio of highest to median earners for each Civil Service organization. These ratios are published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/ peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the highest-paid and lowest-paid full-time employee in her Department.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
DFID does not publish details of the salary of their highest to lowest paid employees.
The Office for National Statistics do, however, publish the salary ratio of highest to median earners for each Civil Service organization. These ratios are published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at www.ons.gov.uk/ employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to publish information on the gender pay gap among its employees.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID has reported mean and median gender pay gap data since 2008 as part of the annual release of Civil Service Statistics by the Office for National Statistics.
The latest gender pay gap data (published in October earlier this year) can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:
In October 2015, the Prime Minister announced that new gender pay gap reporting measures being introduced across the private and voluntary sector from April 2017 would be extended to also apply across the public sector. We are actively working to ensure the gender pay gap data we report in future fully mirrors these new requirements.
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much public funding her Department gave directly or indirectly to Oxfam in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
In financial year 2013/14 DFID provided £34.6m to Oxfam GB for their international humanitarian response programmes and long term development work. DFID provides no support to Oxfam's UK programmes.