To ask Her Majesty's Government what pay gaps there are in respect of gender, race and disability among employees of the Ministry of Justice. [HL3459]

There are separate bargaining mechanisms and pay structures in place for the core Ministry of Justice (core MoJ) and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS).

The results of the 2008 Equal Pay audit within the core MoJ indicate that the current pay deal is addressing inequalities. The mean gender pay gap across the core MoJ is 10.5 per cent (the median gap is 5.3 per cent), and this is reducing. These figures compare favourably with the respective economy-wide pay gaps of 17.1 per cent and 12.8 per cent. (source: Office for National Statistics).

Core MoJ is encouraging staff to update their details in respect of ethnic background and disability status, to improve our statistical data. We will report on any gaps in these areas in future pay audits.

It has not been possible to supply the information you have requested in respect of NOMS. This information is not collated centrally.