Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
(asked on 17th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
Mean and median salaries for UKB staff in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office broken down by diversity characteristics and working pattern are at 31 January 2017:
| Mean Salary | Median Salary | ||
| Full time | Part time | Full time | Part time |
Female | £36,748 | £35,471 | £29,864 | £29,716 |
Male | £41,658 | £49,199 | £34,357 | £49,051 |
White | £41,404 | £39,009 | £34,004 | £36,414 |
BME | £31,499 | £30,904 | £27,221 | £23,657 |
Non Disabled | £39,521 | £38,656 | £32,000 | £34,357 |
Disabled | £36,269 | £36,463 | £29,864 | £33,289 |
Staff in the FCO are paid according to standard salary scales that apply equally to all staff. We have made progress in improving diversity in the most senior levels of the FCO which will reduce the current pay differences but we recognise there is still work to do.
The data above is taken from a snap shot of UKB staff data at 31 January 2017 and is representative of staff who have made a declaration of ethnicity and/or disability but does not include staff who do not wish to declare nor those who have made no declarations. Salaries for staff working part time are full time equivalent i.e. not pro rated for hours worked.