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WQ.276/2024
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY H.L. JEUNE OF ST. JOHN, ST. LAWRENCE AND TRINITY QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 9th SEPTEMBER 2024 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2024
Question
“Will the Minister advise –
- the date when the next Government Gender Pay Gap Report will be published;
- whether the Government intends to produce a gender pay gap action plan for all States departments and, if so, when and, if not, why not;
- what budget, if any, has been allocated for 2025 to ensure the continued production of gender pay gap reports and the development of an action plan and, if no budget has been allocated, why not;
- how many Arm’s Length Organisations and Specified Organisations (as defined in the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019) have volunteered to publish their gender pay and income ratio information, as mentioned in P.31/2023 as amended?
Answer
- The next Gender Pay Gap Report is due to be published in December. The latest Public Sector Staffing Statistics were published on 27th August and is available here: Public Sector Staffing Statistics (gov.je) and the next set is due to be published in November.
- There will not be a separate gender pay gap action plan for each Government department, but departments are in the process of creating Workforce Plans, which will address workforce pay gaps in all diversities, including gender.
- Gender pay gap reports are produced as business as usual from within existing resources.
- The majority of Specified Organisations report their gender pay and income ratio information-
• Andium Homes Limited
Yes – see Andium-Homes-Annual-Report-2022
• Jersey Post International Limited
Yes – see Jersey Post report 2023
• JT Group Limited
Yes – see Jersey Telecom Annual Report 2023
• Ports of Jersey Ltd
Yes – see POJ-Annual Report_2023
• States of Jersey Development Company
Yes – see Jersey development annual report 2023
• Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
No - JOAS only employs 8 staff, so pay reporting would risk indicating individual salaries. In addition, JOAS does not formally record the gender of its employees
In line with our previous commitments, the Government is currently working with ALOs to confirm their commitment to gender pay reporting where practicable. Some are currently reporting, more are anticipated to do so next year, and some have staffing levels so low that to report gender pay and income ratio would result in the publication of salaries in a way that would risk making individuals identifiable.