Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2017 to Question 10046, how much of the amount paid in exit payments in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 for Core Departmental and Agency staff and (c) 2016-17 for departmental group staff was paid to (i) men and (ii) women.

No exit payments were paid to core departmental staff in the 2015-16 year.

In 2016-17, six exit payments were made. 57.7% of the value of exit payments for core departmental staff was paid to women and 42.3% of the value was paid to men.

The information requested for departmental groups by gender in not held centrally and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.