The Cabinet Office collects and publishes annually statistical information on the civil service by Department. This includes data on the employment of men and women. Information on the numbers of women and men employed in the civil service broken down at 31 December 2005 is available in the Libraries of the House and on the civil service website at:
www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/employment/index.asp
It should be borne in mind that the figures for DTI published by Cabinet Office include additional staff such as those employed in Executive agencies.
The Department of Trade and Industry (including UK Trade and Investment and Small Business Service, but excluding Executive agencies) employs (a) 1,682 women (1,596.3 full-time equivalent) and (b) 2,176 men (2,165.3 full-time equivalent) at 9 November 2005.
DTI measures equal pay for those not in the senior civil service as part of a regular and ongoing equal pay review programme. Equal pay is measured for the senior civil service by the Cabinet Office.
The average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 2000-01 and (B) 2005-06 and what women’s average pay is as a percentage of men’s average pay are shown in the following table.
2000-01 is the earliest period for which an accurate comparison can be provided.
2005-06 2000-01 Women 25,740 20,011 Men 29,070 24,968 Women’s pay as percentage of men’s 88.5 80.2
The number of (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in three of the last five years, broken down by grade, is shown in the following table. Data for 2001, 2003 and 2005 are readily available having previously been used for other purposes. Data for 2002 and 2004 can be provided, but at disproportionate cost.
Headcount: Full-time staff Responsibility level1 Male Female Total Percentage female staff 1 February 2001 All non-industrial staff 2,374 1,537 3,911 39.3 SCS level 134 39 173 22.5 All staff below SCS level 2,240 1,498 3,738 40.1 Grades 6/7 543 184 727 25.3 SEO/HEO level 856 354 1,210 29.3 EO level 409 349 758 46.0 AO/AA level 432 611 1,043 58.6 3 April 2003 All non-industrial staff 2,446 1,717 4,163 41.2 SCS level 156 73 229 31.9 All staff below SCS level 2,290 1,644 3,934 41.8 Grades 6/7 548 245 793 30.9 SEO/HEO level 951 435 1,386 31.4 EO level 390 385 775 49.7 AO/AA level 401 579 980 59.1 Unknown 13 6 19 31.6 10 November 2005 All non-industrial staff 2,140 1,414 3,554 39.8 SCS level 136 46 182 25.3 All staff below SCS level 2,004 1,368 3,372 40.6 Grades 6/7 592 268 860 31.2 SEO/HEO level 844 441 1,285 34.3 EO level 307 307 614 50.0 AO/AA level 261 352 613 57.4
Responsibility level1 Male Female Total Percentage female staff 1 February 2001 All non-industrial staff 33 246 279 88.2 SCS level 4 14 18 77.8 All staff below SCS level 29 232 261 88.9 Grades 6/7 4 51 55 92.7 SEO/HEO level 8 48 56 85.7 EO level 12 32 44 72.7 AO/AA level 5 101 106 95.3 3 April 2003 All non-industrial staff 46 301 347 86.7 SCS level — — — — All staff below SCS level 46 301 347 86.7 Grades 6/7 14 63 77 81.8 SEO/HEO level 12 62 74 83.8 EO level 10 60 70 85.7 AO/AA level 10 116 126 92.1 Unknown — 1 1 100.0 10 November 2005 All non-industrial staff 36 268 304 88.2 SCS level 4 11 15 73.3 All staff below SCS level 32 257 289 88.9 Grades 6/7 10 68 78 87.2 SEO/HEO level 12 62 74 83.8 EO level 6 38 44 86.4 AO/AA level 4 89 93 95.7
Responsibility level1 Male Female Total Percentage female staff 1February 2001 All non-industrial staff 2,395.8 1,702.5 4,098.3 41.5 SCS level 137.2 49.4 186.7 26.5 All staff below SCS level 2,258.6 1,653.1 3,911.6 42.3 Grades 6/7 545.9 219.8 765.7 28.7 SEO/HEO level 861.3 386.6 1,247.8 31.0 EO level 415.5 370.7 786.2 47.2 AO/AA level 435.9 676.0 1,111.9 60.8 3 April 2003 All non-industrial staff 2,553.7 1,929.2 4,482.9 43.0 SCS level 156.6 69.8 226.4 30.8 All staff below SCS level 2,397.1 1,859.4 4,245.4 43.7 Grades 6/7 630.3 302.0 932.2 32.4 SEO/HEO level 962.9 476.8 1,439.7 33.1 EO level 395.7 426.6 822.3 51.9 AO/AA level 408.3 653.9 1,062.2 61.6 Unknown 13.0 6.7 19.7 34.0 10 November 2005 All non-industrial staff 2,165.3 1,596.3 3,761.6 42.4 SCS level 138.8 53.5 192.3 27.8 All staff below SCS level 2,026.5 1,542.8 3,569.2 43.2 Grades 6/7 599.6 316.2 915.8 34.5 SEO/HEO level 852.8 485.0 1,377.7 36.3 EO level 310.2 334.0 644.2 51.8 AO/AA level 263.8 407.7 671.5 60.7 1 This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level, and therefore ignores the effect of temporary promotions. 2 Part-time staff are recorded according to the proportion of full-time hours worked.