CIVIL SERVICE GENDER PAY GAP

Early day motion 1023, tabled 27 January 2016 by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party). Signed by 29 members.

That this House welcomes the latest figures from Ernst and Young accountants showing that the gender pay-gap within the Scottish Government's top civil servant jobs is only 0.6 per cent; welcomes these figures as the latest indicator that the Scottish Government is taking serious action to reduce the gender pay-gap; recognises that, although a disparity still exists, women employed by the Scottish Government are far more likely to be paid the same as men than if employed by the UK Government; notes that the figures in Scotland are in stark contrast to UK central government departments where women are, on average, paid 6.3 per cent less than men; understands that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has the biggest pay-gap in Whitehall, with women in DECC's senior team paid, on average, almost 17 per cent less than their male counterparts; calls on the UK Government to take urgent action to address the gender pay-gap within Whitehall; and congratulates the Scottish Government on almost eliminating the disparity.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 27, Green 1, Labour 1.