Keith Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average salary gap is between women and men in his Department.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Salary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is determined by a range of factors including grade, performance, and length of time in employment. The latest data on average salaries of FCO staff by gender and grade are set out below and can be found in the FCO Diversity and Equality report, which was published in April 2014 and based on data for 2013. Full details can be found on page 12 of the report.
| Grade |
Average Female Pay |
Average Male Pay |
% Male Pay Exceeds Female Pay |
| SMS 3&4 | £118,470 | £131,360 | 10.88% |
| SMS 2 | £88,471 | £89,669 | 1.35% |
| SMS 1 | £67,030 | £68,286 | 1.87% |
| D7 | £57,147 | £58,195 | 1.83% |
| D6 | £47,204 | £47,576 | 0.79% |
| C5 | £35,581 | £36,233 | 1.83% |
| C4 | £28,753 | £28,710 | -0.15% |
| B3 | £24,690 | £24,612 | -0.32% |
| A2 | £20,700 | £20,492 | -1.00% |
| A1 | £18,156 | £18,156 | 0.00% |
The pay gap between men and women at Senior Management Structure 3&4 is due to the relatively small number of women currently in those grades.
