PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Equal Pay: Yorkshire and the Humber (6 March 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the gender pay gap for (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber Region was in each year from 2010.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Answer

The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures outlined below, based on place of residence, annually:


(a) York (Unitary Authority)

Year

Female median hourly pay (£)

Male median hourly pay (£)

Gender pay gap

2010

9.71

11.49

15.5%

2011

9.45

12.01

21.3%

2012

10.2

12.37

17.5%

2013

10.00

12.93

22.7%

2014

10.22

12.79

20.1%

2015

10.31

12.23

15.7%

2016

10.61

12.94

18.0%

(b) Yorkshire and The Humber

Year

Female median hourly pay (£)

Male median hourly pay (£)

Gender pay gap

2010

9.11

11.39

20.0%

2011

9.05

11.33

20.1%

2012

9.24

11.48

19.5%

2013

9.44

11.78

19.9%

2014

9.49

11.69

18.8%

2015

9.63

11.94

19.3%

2016

9.98

12.29

18.8%

The Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers from this April to accelerate the rate of progress.


Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
9 March 2017

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