Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
(asked on 2nd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of women are employed by his Department on an inner London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executive Officer, (d) Higher Executive Officer, (e) Fast Streamer, (f) Senior Executive Officer, (g) Grade Seven, (h) Grade Six, (i) Senior Civil Service Band 1, (j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A, (k) Senior Civil Service Band 2 and (l) Senior Civil Service Band 3.
As of 31st October 2016 the proportion of women in each grade employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth on an inner London pay structure was as follows:
| Pay Grade | Proportion of Women on an inner London pay structure |
| AA | 1.9% |
| AO | 14.8% |
| EO | 22.8% |
| HEO/Fast Streamer | 21.2% |
| SEO | 10.0% |
| Grade 7 | 16.0% |
| Grade 6 | 8.6% |
| SCS 1 | 3.5% |
| SCS 2 | 0.9% |
| SCS 3 | 0.3% |
The proportion has been calculated as a percentage of the total female workforce. We do not employ staff at SCS 1A.
When considered against the total number of FCO UK-based staff in each grade, the proportion of women on an inner London pay structure is as follows:
| Pay Grade | Proportion of Women on an inner London pay Structure |
| AA | 53.7% |
| AO | 58.6% |
| EO | 54.6% |
| HEO/Fast Streamer | 45.5% |
| SEO | 42.0% |
| Grade 7 | 45.3% |
| Grade 6 | 44.6% |
| SCS 1 | 38.3% |
| SCS 2 | 25.6% |
| SCS 3 | 30.0% |