Equal Pay: West Yorkshire

(asked on 13th April 2017) - View Source

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the gender pay gap for (a) Calderdale and (b) West Yorkshire was in each year since 2005.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 25th April 2017

The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures set out below, based on place of residence, annually. To accelerate the rate of progress, the Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers.

a) Calderdale

Year

Female median hourly pay (£)

Male median hourly pay (£)

Gender pay gap (%)

2005

8.63

9.50

9.2%

2006*

8.86

9.91

10.6%

2007

9.00

10.59

15.0%

2008

9.36

11.53

18.8%

2009

9.49

11.77

19.4%

2010

10.47

11.27

7.1%

2011*

10.61

11.33

6.4%

2012

10.43

13.50

22.7%

2013

10.23

12.60

18.8%

2014

10.29

12.40

17.0%

2015

10.49

11.94

12.1%

2016

11.48

12.53

8.4%

b) West Yorkshire

Year

Female median hourly pay (£)

Male median hourly pay (£)

Gender pay gap (%)

2005

7.94

9.84

19.3%

2006*

8.21

10.10

18.7%

2007

8.55

10.50

18.6%

2008

8.76

10.89

19.6%

2009

9.13

11.11

17.8%

2010

9.52

11.30

15.8%

2011*

9.52

11.21

15.1%

2012

9.65

11.50

16.1%

2013

9.91

11.69

15.2%

2014

9.84

11.65

15.5%

2015

9.95

11.95

16.7%

2016

10.33

12.46

17.1%

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