Department for Transport: Staff
(asked on 8th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in his Department started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
The table below shows the number of male and female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, in DfT(c), DVLA, DVSA, MCA and VCA, who started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and up to 31 January 2019 (the latest data available at the time of writing).
The figures shown in brackets show the total number of direct entrants for that year.
Year | Number of male direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum | Total number of male entrants at Grade 7 level | Number of female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum | Total number of female entrants at Grade 7 level |
2015 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 7 |
2017 | 31 | 57 | 7 | 15 |
2018 | 19 | 75 | 10 | 32 |
2019 (up to 31 January 2019) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
There were 16 direct entrants at Grade 7 level in DfT Rail between 2015 and 31 January 2019 with a salary higher than the Grade 7 minimum. It is not possible to disaggregate this further between male and female entrants, or the years in which they joined the Department, as it would be possible to identify individuals.