10 government departments that pay women less than men
Whitehall's own figures have signalled that women get paid less in 10 government departments... in other words, all of them.
Each Whitehall Office was asked to reveal the "gender pay gap", andeither admitted that men were paid more than women, did not answer at all.
Earlier this weke, it was reported that the department headed by the Conservative Equalities Minister, Nicky Morgan, paid male civil servants £22.30 anhour compared to an average of £20.54 for women.
But further investigation shows the pay gap is not restricted to her Department for Education - there are at least ten, possibly more, where salaries are unequal.
A series of written parliamentary questions tabled by Labour shows the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Health, Department for Transport, Department for Energy and Climate Change, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Equalities Office, Department for International Development, and the Attorney General's Office all boast a divide in favour of men.
Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, said: “This is deeply embarrassing for David Cameron and indicative of the Tories’ failure to help working women.
“He must now explain the reason for the pay gap in his own government, as well as outline his long term plan to get to the root causes of financial inequality for women.”
Women get paid significantly less in 10 of David Cameron's government departments
Kelly Morgan's Department for Education paid male civil servants £22.30 an hour compared to £20.54 an hour for women