Asked by: Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat - Carshalton and Wallington)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
Answered by George Eustice
HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:
£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.
£286 million of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18)
Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/)
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was allocated £310 million for costs arising as the UK leaves the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. Of this additional funding around £160 million has been allocated to cover staff pay requirements. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The Department for International Trade does not have any staff that work inside and outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
The Department for International Trade does not have any staff that work inside and outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
In addition, the department requires that our suppliers pay at least the National Minimum Wage.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The Department for International Trade does not have any staff that work inside and outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
The Department for International Trade does not have any staff that work inside and outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
In addition, the department requires that our suppliers pay at least the National Minimum Wage.
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) staff, and (2) consultants, at the Department for International Trade are paid salaries in excess of £140,000; and to what posts those salaries apply.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
Information on high earning staff (£150,000 and above) in the Civil Service is in the public domain, accessible via the transparency data reports on gov.uk. The most recent version is the senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2017: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693864/_150k_2017_Master_for_publication_March_18_update.csv/preview
The Department for International Trade (DIT) does not have any staff paid more than £140,000 but less than £150,000.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has one member of staff paid more than £140,000 but less than £150,000, in the post of Director of Business Group.
The Department does not hold information on the pay received by individual consultants from their employing company.
Asked by: Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat - Carshalton and Wallington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) staff and (b) consultants in his Department are paid more than the Prime Minister pro-rata.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Information on high earning staff in the Civil Service is in the public domain, accessible via the transparency data reports on gov.uk. The most recent version is the senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2017. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693864/_150k_2017_Master_for_publication_March_18_update.csv/preview
The Department does not hold information on the pay received by individual consultants from their employing company.
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
No employees of the Department for International Trade are paid lower than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation, and we insist that suppliers pay at least the National Minimum Wage as part of our contracting policies and procedures.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Cleaning services in buildings managed by the Department for International Trade are outsourced under a facilities management contract, and the supplier is responsible for setting rates of pay for its staff. The supplier has confirmed that all cleaning staff in buildings managed by the Department are paid at least the London Living Wage.
Where the Department for International Trade is a tenant in buildings belonging to other government departments, cleaners are employed by the property management company for the main landlord, and therefore, information is not held by the Department for International Trade about the rate of remuneration for cleaners in these buildings.
Asked by: Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat - Carshalton and Wallington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost was to his Department as a result of officials taking sick leave in the last year.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The total cost of sickness pay to domestic staff within the Department for International Trade (DIT), from 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017 is as follows:
DIT domestic payroll: £241,333 |
UKEF payroll: £97,829 |
Total: £339,162 |
DIT and UKEF have reported data separately as two payroll providers are used.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UKEF Gender Pay Gap Report 2016-2017, if she will break down the pay gap data for (a) median, (b) mean and (c) bonus pay by (i) grade and (ii) profession.
Answered by Graham Stuart
UK Export Finance (UKEF) published its first Gender Pay Gap report on Monday 18 December, 2017. The full report can be found here:
UKEF’s pay gap for 2016/17 was (a) median: 16.26%, (b) mean: 15.97% and (c) bonus pay: 22.36%. The breakdown of the UKEF pay gap data is below. Figures which are preceded by a minus sign identify grades where female members of staff are paid more on average than male counterparts in the same grade.
Grade | Mean | Median | Bonus |
AA | -11% | -11% | N/A |
AO | 0% | 0% | N/A |
EO | -5% | -4% | -79% |
HEO | -6% | 0% | -53% |
SEO | 1% | 2% | -19% |
Grade 7 | 5% | 5% | 34% |
Grade 6 | 1% | 0% | -26% |
SCS | 7% | 4% | 39% |
To ensure figures are robust and meaningful, gender pay gaps within professions are presented where at least 100 men and 100 women are recorded in a profession. This is not possible for UKEF given our relatively small size.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the 2016-17 data on the gender pay gap in his Department, if he will break down the pay gap data for (a) median, (b) mean and (c) bonus pay by (i) grade and (ii) profession.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Department for International Trade (DIT) published its first Gender Pay Gap report on Monday 18 December, 2017. The full report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-dit-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2016-to-2017
DIT’s pay gap for 2016/17 was (a) median: 2.7%, (b) mean: 3.6% and (c) bonus pay: -14.4%. The pay gap can be broken down by grade as follows:
Grade | Median pay gap | Mean pay gap | Bonus pay |
AO | -0.29% | 1.28% | 44.00% |
EO | -1.47% | -2.83% | 8.21% |
HEO | 2.51% | 2.31% | -41.67% |
Fast Stream | -12.61% | -2.36% | 18.22% |
SEO | 1.80% | 0.46% | 25.70% |
Grade 7 | 3.82% | 3.97% | -22.88% |
Grade 6 | -0.23% | -0.02% | -31.48% |
SCS1 | -1.46% | 1.39% | -25.00% |
SCS2 | 23.36% | 4.31% | N/A |
SCS3 | -21.05% | -21.05% | N/A |
To ensure figures are robust and meaningful, gender pay gaps within professions are presented where at least 100 men and 100 women are recorded in a profession. This is not possible for DIT due to the relative size of our workforce.