Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average pay is of (a) men and (b) women working in his Department.

This information is published by the Office for National Statistics for all departments on an annual basis. The latest publication date was 8 October 2015.

Detailed breakdowns of mean and median salaries for both men and women (including within BIS) are contained in the Civil Service Statistics 2015 Statistical Bulletin Tables (tables 24 to 35), available here:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-414427