§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the pay gap between men and women employed by his Department and its agencies in(a) Southampton, (b) Eastleigh, (c) Winchester and (d) Romsey. [171630]
§ Yvette CooperThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and its agencies do not have offices in the areas referred to but my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister has ministerial responsibility for Ordnance Survey (OS) which is a non-ministerial Government Department based in Southampton.
Ordnance Survey undertook an Equal Pay Review in mid 2002 covering all aspects of the pay system. There were no significant issues to address but Ordnance Survey is continuing to monitor the situation.