Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that all employers with over 250 employees report their gender pay gap statistics by 4 April 2018.

We have written to all employers in scope of the gender pay gap reporting regulations that have not yet registered to report, on four separate occasions, ensuring they are aware of the requirement and urging them to report.

In recent weeks we have telephoned all organisations who have not yet registered on the gender pay gap website to ensure that they are on track to report.

We have also run an intensive social media campaign, and placed advertisements in national newspapers.

To date, more than 9,000 organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors have registered to report on the government portal, a clear indication that they are aware of their responsibility.