Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the pay of full-time staff in the highest pay grade in her Department and average full-time pay in that Department.

The table below shows the percentage gap in earnings between a) employees in the highest grade and average pay in the department and b) the highest and lowest paid employees in the Department.

Table showing percentage pay gaps

*Percentage gap has been calculated as (Highest Earner – Value)/Highest Earner. This figure includes the department and its agencies as at March 2016 (and does not include staff moved into the Department following Machinery of Government changes announced in July 2016)