To ask Her Majesty's Government what pay gaps there are in respect of gender, race and disability among employees of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. [HL3382]

Since its creation in October 2008, DECC has continued to use the pay provisions of its parent departments, namely BERR and Defra. For that reason no separate DECC information is available and the information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

For information on pay in BERR and Defra please see the published Civil Service Statistics. The details available are:

table 25—median earnings by ethnicity;

table 26—- median earnings by disability; and

table 27—median earnings by gender.

The published tables are available at www.statistics. gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/CivilService_tables _2008.xls.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a gender pay gap in HM Treasury; if so, what is the percentage difference; and what are the reasons for the difference. [HL3512]

The Treasury does not have a significant gender pay gap when the salaries of men and women doing a similar role are compared.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will answer Question HL3512 tabled on 7 May about whether there is a gender pay gap in HM Treasury, and, if so, what are the percentage difference and the reasons for the difference; and what is the reason for the delay in answering it. [HL4196]

I have today responded to the noble Lord and apologise for the delay in answering.