Pay
(asked on 19th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average hourly pay is for employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
DWP is committed to equality and valuing diversity within our workforce. Our pay policies are applied equally to all staff regardless of ethnicity and we are compliant with the legislation contained in the Equality Act 2010.
Disclosure of ethnicity, although encouraged, is voluntary within the department. At the end of February 2015 ethnicity data was held for 77% of staff working in the department.
All our employees are salaried and information is therefore provided based on annual salary. The table below shows the department’s average annual salaries as of February 2015 by ethnicity.
| White or White British | Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group |
AA | £15,746 | £16,802 |
AO | £18,630 | £19,707 |
EO | £24,318 | £25,765 |
HEO | £29,299 | £31,078 |
SEO | £35,760 | £37,311 |
G7 | £49,294 | £51,169 |
G6* | £62,355 | £60,240 |
SCS1 | £75,898 | £78,269 |
SCS2* | £102,976 | £90,561 |
A higher proportion of staff in London are in a minority ethnic group than in the rest of the country. As London pay scales are higher, this locational difference is a factor in the average salaries comparisons.
* Ethnic minority group average salaries for G6 and SCS2 are based on small numbers of staff, some of whom have recently been promoted and are at the lower end of the pay scale.