§ Barbara FollettTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the measures the Government have taken to ensure equal pay within the Civil Service since May 1997. [157693]
§ Mr. StringerGuidance was issued by the Cabinet Office to all Departments and agencies in October 1998 in order to raise awareness of the implications of equal pay legislation. The guidance was subsequently incorporated into the Civil Service Management Code which requires Departments and agencies to undertake periodic equal pay reviews.
The Modernising Government White Paper published in March 1999 set out the Government's plans to modernise the public services including their pay systems. The Civil Service response to the White Paper was set out
Expenditure broken down to show amounts spent on television, newspaper and radio advertising £ Campaign Television Newspaper Radio Total 1996–97 Chartermark Awards — 3,822 — 3,822 Open Government — 66,110 — 66,110 Nolan Committee — 20,721 — 20,721 Chartermark — 56,450 — 56,450 Total — 147,103 — 147,103 1997–98 Standards in Public Life — 34,767 — 34,767 Total — 34,767 — 34,767 1998–99 Party Political Funding — 1,371 — 1,371 Commissioner for Public Appointments — 7,139 — 7,139 Total — 8,510 — 8,150 1999–2000 Action 2000 Public Awareness 920,069 807,828 155,469 3,343,856 Civil Service Pension Scheme — 771 — 771 Total 920,069 808,599 155,469 3,344,627 2000–01 to date Fuel Crisis Information — 8,340 — 8,340 UK-Online — 99,470 — 99,470 Total — 107,810 — 107,810 Note:
All figures exclude VAT
Information on other departmental promotional campaigns is not held centrally and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
630Win Sir Richard Wilson's report to the Prime Minister of December 1999. The report requires all Departments and agencies to review their pay and performance management systems.
In addition, virtually all Civil Service posts are underpinned by an analytical job evaluation system designed and tested to be free of any inherent gender bias. The main Civil Service job evaluation system was updated and equality tested before being issued to Departments and agencies in June 1999.