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Civil Service Gender Pay Gap

EDM number 1023 in 2015-16, proposed by Angela Crawley on 27/01/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Civil Service, Pay and Sex discrimination.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angela Crawley27/01/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartyProposed
Anne McLaughlin27/01/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySeconded
Alison Thewliss27/01/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Callum McCaig27/01/2016Aberdeen SouthScottish National PartySeconded
Phil Boswell27/01/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySeconded
Stuart Donaldson27/01/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySeconded
Hannah Bardell27/01/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands27/01/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Neil Gray27/01/2016Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson27/01/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Chapman28/01/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson28/01/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Ian Blackford28/01/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day28/01/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Mhairi Black28/01/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law28/01/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier28/01/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh01/02/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens01/02/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry01/02/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas01/02/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Angus MacNeil01/02/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan02/02/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham02/02/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Patrick Grady02/02/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan03/02/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson04/02/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins04/02/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Steven Paterson08/02/2016StirlingScottish National PartySigned

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