Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the pay of full-time staff in the highest pay grade in the Law Officers' Departments and average full-time pay in that Department.

Government departments do not publish details of the salary of their highest to lowest paid employees.

The Office for National Statistics do, however, publish the salary ratio of highest to median earners for each Civil Service organization. These ratios are published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016