Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.

We are currently considering the best way to approach Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting in the Civil Service.

Although Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting is voluntary, HM Treasury is keen to publish a report.

In conjunction with the HR expert services team for the Civil Service and other government departments, we are working through the details of the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance that was published on 17 April 2023.

In line with Gender Pay Gap Reporting, departments are looking to develop a consistent methodology to be used to produce the data.

The outcomes of this development work will inform whether we are able to publish a report for 2023/2024.