{"value":{"id":657355,"askingMemberId":4060,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-12-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","uin":"56987","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the highest-paid and lowest-paid full-time employee in his Department.","answeringBodyId":203,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Exiting the European Union ","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4091,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-12-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Government departments do not publish details of the salary of their highest to lowest paid employees.<br><br>The Office for National Statistics do, however, publish the salary ratio of highest to median earners for each Civil Service organisation. These ratios are published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics. Due to the timing of the exercise the Department for Exiting the European Union was not included in this year’s figures but this information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:<br><br><a href=\"https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016</a> <br><br></p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Exiting the European Union: Pay","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/657355","method":"GET"}]}