Equal Pay
(asked on 1st February 2024) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th February 2024
The gender pay gap has fallen by approximately a quarter in the last decade.
It was a Conservative government that introduced gender pay gap reporting, building on the robust equal pay protections we already have in the Equality Act.
To accelerate progress we have supported legislation to: enhance flexible working, extend redundancy protection for those on maternity leave, and introduce carers leave.