Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2017 to Question 10040, how much of the amount paid in exit schemes in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 was paid to (i) men and (ii) women.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) came to existence in July 2016.
DIT’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) details the total paid in exit packages in 2016-17 and those paid under UK Trade and Investment (one of DIT’s predecessor organisations) in 2015-16.
Further information can also be found in the ARA on page 48 and 49:
Of the total exit packages paid in the ARA, covering 2015/16 and 2016/17, 49% was paid to men and 51% to women.