Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) public sector organisations, (b) businesses and (c) charities are required to report gender pay gap information this year; and how many (i) public sector organisations, (ii) businesses and (iii) charities have already reported gender pay gap data for this year.

An initial assessment of the number of employers required to report under the regulations was made in 2015. Based on the Office for National Statistics’ Interdepartmental Business Register it was estimated that around 8,000 private sector and 1,200 public sector employers would be in scope of the regulations.

We have been working with employers to ensure that our list reflects the changes since that assessment was made. The nature of business means that this number has changed and it will continue to do so. Employers change in size, often as a result of mergers and restructuring. Many businesses also have a number of subsidiaries, some of which may be in scope. We work closely with employers to ascertain who is required to report in light of this.

Over 1,000 employers have already reported and more employers report every day. The most up to date picture of employers that have already reported can be seen on the Government viewing service:

https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Viewing/search-results