Research and analysis
Annex: full survey results (data tables)
Published 22 December 2020
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Annex: Full survey results
This annex provides the results to each individual question in the quantitative survey. Results have been shown at the total level, by sector and by employer size.
S1a – Can I confirm that you are one of the people responsible for dealing with the Gender Pay Gap reporting regulations for ORGANISATION NAME?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Base: All respondents[footnote 1]
S1b – Please can I take a note of your job title?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| HR Director/Manager | 38% | 37% | 40% | 38% | 44% | 31% |
| Finance Director/Manager | 17% | 18% | 11% | 23% | 13% | 9% |
| Payroll Manager/Administrator | 10% | 12% | 4% | 7% | 15% | 10% |
| HR Administrator/Advisor/Officer | 7% | 5% | 12% | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Rewards/Benefits Manager/Officer | 6% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 14% |
| Head of People | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| HR Business Partner/Consultant | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Equality/Diversity/Inclusion Manager | 3% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| CEO/MD | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Accounts Manager/Administrator | 2% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Operations Director/Manager | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| General/Office Manager | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Business Director/Manager | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Other | 5% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 8% |
Base: All respondents
A2 – Which of the following statements best describes your understanding of the gender pay gap?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| You had not heard of the gender pay gap before today | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| You have heard the term but don’t know anything about it | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| You have a limited understanding of what it refers to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| You have a reasonable understanding of it but not of how it’s calculated | 10% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 7% |
| Or, you have a good understanding of what the Gender Pay Gap is and how it is calculated | 89% | 90% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 93% |
| Don’t know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Base: All respondents[footnote 2]
A5 – I’m now going to give you a few different scenarios, and I’d like you to tell me whether, in your opinion, each one refers to: a breach of equal pay law, or a gender pay gap issue but not a breach of equal pay law, or neither?
(a) A company where there is a difference in the average annual pay of men and women just because more women work part time
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Breach of equal pay law | 9% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 9% |
| Gender pay gap issue but not a breach of equal pay law | 61% | 58% | 69% | 56% | 64% | 65% |
| Neither (correct response) | 27% | 29% | 18% | 32% | 21% | 22% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
(b) A company where there is a difference in the average hourly pay of men and women because women work in less senior roles
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Breach of equal pay law | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% |
| Gender pay gap issue but not a breach of equal pay law (correct response) | 81% | 80% | 85% | 78% | 82% | 87% |
| Neither | 11% | 12% | 7% | 14% | 11% | 6% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
(c) A company where men and women are paid a different hourly rate for doing the same job
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Breach of equal pay law (correct response) | 89% | 87% | 94% | 88% | 89% | 91% |
| Gender pay gap issue but not a breach of equal pay law | 9% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 6% |
| Neither | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
Base: All respondents
A4 – Thinking about your organisation’s leadership team or board, how much understanding do you think they have of the gender pay gap and the difference between this and Equal Pay?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Very good understanding | 28% | 26% | 33% | 23% | 32% | 32% |
| Fairly good understanding | 63% | 64% | 60% | 67% | 56% | 62% |
| Fairly poor understanding | 8% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 4% |
| Very poor understanding | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Base: All respondents
B9a – When your organisation reported on the government portal, did it publish one set of GPG data for the organisation as a whole, or did it publish separate data for different subsidiaries?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| One set of GPG data for whole organisation | 91% | 89% | 95% | 94% | 93% | 83% |
| Separate GPG data for different subsidiaries | 8% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 16% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Base: All respondents
B23 – According to our records, after you first published your GPG results on the portal, you later modified and re-submitted them. Can I just ask why you needed to change your results?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 65 | 28 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 23 |
| Amended or added supporting documentation or narrative commentary | 33% | 29% | 46% | 33% | 21% | 43% |
| Identified a calculation error or incorrect data themselves | 25% | 25% | 24% | 35% | 21% | 14% |
| Amended details about their organisation (for example, size, sector, contact details) | 9% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 23% | 3% |
| Informed by GEO that there was an issue with their data | 6% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 3% |
| Informed by someone else external that there was an issue with their data | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Did not change results or not aware that changed results | 13% | 14% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 16% |
| Don’t know reason | 19% | 18% | 23% | 16% | 12% | 29% |
Base: All who modified their GPG data
B24a – We understand that you published your GPG results on the portal on DATE. Were you always planning to submit them around this date, or did something delay you?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 726 | 326 | 400 | 336 | 177 | 213 |
| Always planning to publish around this date | 69% | 70% | 67% | 70% | 69% | 67% |
| Planned to publish earlier but was delayed | 28% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 30% |
| Don’t know or can’t remember | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Base: All who submitted results in March 2019 or later (without modifying)
B24b – Why did you decide not to publish your results earlier than this?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 496 | 227 | 269 | 234 | 121 | 141 |
| Just worked towards deadline or no requirement to do it earlier | 49% | 51% | 44% | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| To allow time to gather or analyse or check the data | 21% | 20% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 28% |
| Other more important or competing priorities | 20% | 21% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 10% |
| To fit in with wider business cycle (for example, annual reporting, all companies in the group reporting together) | 10% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 14% |
| To allow time to get internal approval or sign off (for example, from senior management or board) | 9% | 6% | 16% | 6% | 11% | 12% |
| Wanted to see results from other organisations first | 3% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 6% |
| Wanted to avoid negative publicity or media attention | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Wanted to see how other organisations reported or explained their results | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Staffing issues (being understaffed, changes in key personnel) | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Reliance on external assistance (for example, service provider/systems) | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| To allow time to produce supporting documentation | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% |
| Other reasons | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 5% |
Base: All who always planned to publish in March 2019 or later
B24c – What was it that delayed the publication of your GPG results?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 206 | 88 | 118 | 90 | 51 | 65 |
| Staffing or resource issues (for example, key staff leaving or unavailable) | 25% | 26% | 20% | 22% | 32% | 22% |
| Other more urgent priorities | 20% | 18% | 27% | 31% | 19% | 6% |
| Time taken to get internal approval or sign off (for example, from senior management or board) | 19% | 18% | 20% | 13% | 20% | 26% |
| Time taken to run the analysis or calculations | 18% | 19% | 13% | 20% | 12% | 20% |
| Time taken to gather the data | 15% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Time taken by 3rd parties to provide the data or analysis (for example, payroll providers, specialist consultants) | 7% | 8% | 4% | 11% | 8% | 1% |
| Time taken to produce supporting documentation | 6% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 12% |
| System changes or issues | 3% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 4% |
| Difficulties registering on the portal (for example, PIN issues) | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 4% |
| Identified calculation or data errors | 2% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 6% |
| Other reasons | 6% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 9% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
Base: All who published in March 2019 or later because of delays
B14a – Did you do any of the following?
(a) Get internal sign-off from your leadership team or board before publishing your results
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 89% | 88% | 93% | 85% | 92% | 94% |
| No | 10% | 11% | 7% | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Base: All respondents
(b) Use the GPG Viewing Service to review results from other organisations
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 58% | 56% | 65% | 50% | 60% | 71% |
| No | 40% | 43% | 31% | 49% | 37% | 26% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
B16 – Overall, how did you find the process of complying with the GPG reporting regulations? Please answer on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means very difficult and 5 means very straightforward.
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 1: Very difficult | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| 2 | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| 3 | 28% | 29% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 30% |
| 4 | 35% | 34% | 40% | 34% | 36% | 36% |
| 5: Very straightforward | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
B17 – And specifically, how did you find the following tasks? Again, please answer on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means very difficult and 5 means very straightforward.
(a) Understanding what you were required to do
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 1: Very difficult | 4% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 3% |
| 2 | 7% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| 3 | 19% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| 4 | 36% | 36% | 38% | 33% | 40% | 39% |
| 5: Very straightforward | 33% | 32% | 37% | 34% | 34% | 31% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
(b) Gathering the necessary data
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 1: Very difficult | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| 2 | 14% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| 3 | 26% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 25% |
| 4 | 34% | 34% | 33% | 35% | 35% | 32% |
| 5: Very straightforward | 20% | 18% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 16% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Base: All respondents
(c) Calculating your results
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 1: Very difficult | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 3% |
| 2 | 11% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 3 | 22% | 23% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 24% |
| 4 | 37% | 37% | 39% | 37% | 37% | 39% |
| 5: Very straightforward | 24% | 23% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
(d) Submitting your results on the government portal
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 1: Very difficult | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| 2 | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| 3 | 4% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
| 4 | 20% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 23% | 17% |
| 5: Very straightforward | 68% | 68% | 69% | 67% | 69% | 69% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 7% |
Base: All respondents
B19a – Is there anything specific that the GEO could do to help make the reporting process significantly easier or quicker for you in future?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 31% | 32% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| No | 67% | 66% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 64% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
B19b – Please can you provide details of what they could do to make the process easier or quicker?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Easier to understand/clearer guidance | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 9% |
| - Simplify the guidance | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| - Who to include or exclude | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| - How to calculate the figures | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| - Other suggestions on clarity of guidance | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| More guidance on how to deal with specific circumstances | 8% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 8% | 12% |
| - Bonuses | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 5% |
| - Non-standard working arrangements (for example, term-time only) | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| - Part time workers | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| - Salary sacrifice | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| - Including or working out hourly pay/rates | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| - More guidance on quartiles | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| - Casual/temporary workers | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| - Other suggestions on specific circumstances | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 5% |
B19b – Please can you provide details of what they could do to make the process easier or quicker? (Cont’d)
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Change the requirements or calculations | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| Downloadable software or templates to calculate GPG results | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| More or clearer communications about the time-scales required | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Case studies or examples or benchmarks from other organisations | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Better or improved accessibility to the portal (for example, technical improvements, easier access for different individuals) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Dedicated helpline or point of contact | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Training or workshops or seminars or webinars | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| External checks or reviews of calculations | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Other suggestions | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 7% |
| No suggestions for how GEO could make process easier or quicker | 69% | 68% | 70% | 70% | 69% | 67% |
Base: All respondents
B20 – Thinking just about the last year, to what extent do you agree or disagree that the requirement to measure and report your GPG data has…?
(a) Increased awareness of gender pay issues at board level?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Strongly agree | 22% | 20% | 27% | 16% | 23% | 29% |
| Agree | 48% | 48% | 50% | 46% | 48% | 52% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 16% | 16% | 15% | 19% | 17% | 9% |
| Disagree | 11% | 12% | 6% | 14% | 9% | 6% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Base: All respondents
(b) Prompted board-level discussion or conversation about your GPG?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Strongly agree | 19% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 21% | 27% |
| Agree | 44% | 41% | 53% | 39% | 48% | 49% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 14% | 16% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Disagree | 16% | 18% | 10% | 24% | 12% | 5% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% |
Base: All respondents
(c) Resulted in the board taking action to address your GPG (or ensure that you continue to have no GPG)?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Strongly agree | 8% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 13% |
| Agree | 39% | 37% | 44% | 30% | 43% | 49% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 23% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 17% |
| Disagree | 21% | 23% | 18% | 29% | 17% | 13% |
| Strongly disagree | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% |
Base: All respondents
(d) Provided an opportunity or platform for increased focus on wider equality and diversity issues within your organisation?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Strongly agree | 15% | 13% | 19% | 9% | 13% | 25% |
| Agree | 43% | 40% | 50% | 35% | 50% | 49% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 20% | 21% | 19% | 27% | 18% | 13% |
| Disagree | 17% | 20% | 10% | 24% | 16% | 8% |
| Strongly disagree | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
B22a – Still thinking about the last year, which of the following best describes how your organisation has communicated its GPG results to clients, suppliers, investors or other external stakeholders? Have you…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Adopted a comprehensive and active engagement strategy | 7% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 11% |
| Drawn their attention to it, but nothing further | 39% | 37% | 43% | 35% | 40% | 44% |
| Not done any promotion or engagement activity | 51% | 53% | 43% | 57% | 51% | 40% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 5% |
Base: All respondents
B22b – And how have you communicated the results to your employees? Have you…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Adopted a comprehensive and active engagement strategy | 15% | 15% | 16% | 11% | 17% | 22% |
| Drawn their attention to it, but nothing further | 52% | 49% | 62% | 50% | 53% | 57% |
| Not done any promotion or engagement activity | 31% | 34% | 21% | 39% | 28% | 18% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
B22c – Thinking about the reaction to your organisation’s latest GPG results among your employees, would you say that…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| There has been widespread reaction to them (for example, questions, concerns) | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Or, there has been some attention paid to them but not widespread | 16% | 15% | 20% | 13% | 14% | 24% |
| Or, there has been little or no reaction from your staff | 81% | 82% | 77% | 85% | 84% | 72% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
C1 – How much of a priority to your organisation is reducing your GPG (or ensuring you continue to have no GPG)? Would you say it is…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| A high priority | 23% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 21% | 33% |
| A medium priority | 38% | 38% | 40% | 34% | 39% | 45% |
| A low priority | 25% | 25% | 24% | 31% | 27% | 12% |
| Not a priority at all | 10% | 11% | 9% | 15% | 8% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
Base: All respondents
C2a – Why is reducing your GPG (or ensuring you continue to have no GPG) a high priority for your organisation?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 205 | 90 | 115 | 70 | 51 | 84 |
| Right thing to do or want to be fair or treat staff equally or not discriminate | 64% | 61% | 71% | 59% | 65% | 67% |
| Diversity is good for business (for example, profit, productivity, staff engagement) | 23% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 20% | 27% |
| Important to our reputation (for example, image, attracting or retaining staff) | 23% | 24% | 17% | 22% | 37% | 15% |
| Want to know reasons for our GPG and address any issues | 12% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 17% | 12% |
| Have a gender pay gap (overall or in certain areas) | 10% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 14% | 10% |
| It’s a legal requirement or regulation | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 4% |
| Nature of our sector – need to prioritise GPG to affect change | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 9% |
| Part of wider equality or business strategy or approach | 4% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 6% |
| Level of publicity or attention about GPG | 3% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Other reasons | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 0% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 0% |
Base: All who saw their GPG as a high priority
C2b – Why is reducing your GPG (or ensuring you continue to have no GPG) a medium priority for your organisation?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 351 | 147 | 204 | 152 | 88 | 111 |
| Little or nothing we can do about it (for example, nature of sector, few female applicants, low staff turnover) | 26% | 25% | 30% | 25% | 35% | 22% |
| Right thing to do or want to be fair or treat staff equally or not discriminate | 22% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| Other more important priorities | 15% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 6% | 22% |
| Don’t have a GPG or only have a small GPG | 15% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 9% | 24% |
| Long term issue or will take time to solve | 13% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 17% | 16% |
| Employ or pay on ability, not gender or other factors | 10% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% |
| Diversity is good for business (for example, profit, productivity, staff engagement) | 8% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 10% | 10% |
| Have a set pay scale or structure | 7% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 5% | 10% |
| Want to know reasons for our GPG and address any issues | 6% | 4% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| GPG is a wider social or cultural issue | 6% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| Have a gender pay gap (overall or in certain areas) | 5% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Already comply with equal pay law | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 3% |
| Our GPG is reducing or getting better | 4% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Important to our reputation (for example, image, attracting /retaining staff) | 4% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 5% |
| GPG calculations aren’t nuanced enough | 3% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 2% |
| Part of wider equality or business strategy or approach | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 7% |
| Level of publicity or attention about GPG | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 5% |
| It’s a legal requirement or regulation | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Don’t see the GPG as important or relevant | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Other reasons | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 4% |
Base: All who saw their GPG as a medium priority
C2c – Why is reducing your GPG (or ensuring you continue to have no GPG) a low priority or not a priority at all for your organisation?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 310 | 140 | 170 | 187 | 72 | 51 |
| Little or nothing we can do about it (for example, nature of sector, few female applicants, low staff turnover) | 40% | 39% | 42% | 38% | 49% | 33% |
| Don’t have a GPG or only have a small GPG | 25% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 25% |
| Employ or pay on ability, not gender or other factors | 17% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| Other more important priorities | 17% | 15% | 22% | 17% | 14% | 20% |
| Have a set pay scale or structure | 11% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 6% | 6% |
| Don’t see the GPG as important or relevant | 10% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 5% |
| GPG calculations aren’t nuanced enough | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 13% |
| Long term issue or will take time to solve | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 10% |
| Already comply with equal pay law | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| GPG is a wider social or cultural issue | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 6% |
| Our GPG is reducing or getting better | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 5% |
| Other reasons | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% |
Base: All who saw their GPG as a low or non priority
C12a – Has your organisation tried to identify or diagnose the underlying causes of your Gender Pay Gap?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 678 | 288 | 390 | 299 | 165 | 214 |
| Yes | 76% | 75% | 81% | 70% | 77% | 86% |
| No | 20% | 22% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 10% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% |
Base: All who had a GPG (greater than 0%)
C12b – And which of the following did you do to try and diagnose the causes of your GPG? Did you look at…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 527 | 215 | 312 | 214 | 129 | 184 |
| The gender balance in your organisation by pay grade, job types or departments | 91% | 90% | 93% | 88% | 93% | 93% |
| Salaries and bonuses by gender within broadly comparable roles | 87% | 89% | 81% | 83% | 85% | 92% |
| The number of part-time workers by grade and occupation | 76% | 73% | 84% | 75% | 76% | 77% |
| The proportion of women applying for, recruited into and promoted into different grades and roles | 66% | 65% | 68% | 60% | 67% | 72% |
| The proportion of women and men leaving the organisation each year, by grade or role | 46% | 47% | 44% | 39% | 52% | 49% |
| Differences in performance scores between men and women at appraisals, reviews | 20% | 22% | 15% | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| Other: Assessing recruitment or promotion or applicant pool | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Other: Further breakdown of GPG results (for example, age, length of service, ethnicity, disability, location, historical data) | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 6% |
| Other: Provision and uptake of flexible working or parental leave | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Other: Nature of job roles by gender | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Other: Staff feedback or discussion | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| Other: Research or comparisons within the sector | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| Other actions | 5% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
Base: All who had tried to diagnose the causes of their GPG
C15 – As well as submitting the required GPG figures on the portal, has your organisation produced any of the following, either for internal use, external publication or both?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| An explanation of the reasons for your GPG | 73% | 69% | 83% | 69% | 72% | 81% |
| Details of how your GPG has changed over time | 53% | 49% | 66% | 45% | 53% | 67% |
| Information about your organisation’s other diversity policies and actions | 51% | 46% | 64% | 44% | 51% | 61% |
| More detailed analysis of your data, above that required by the regulations | 46% | 42% | 56% | 37% | 48% | 58% |
| Information on the legal requirements and how GPG differs from equal pay law | 46% | 42% | 57% | 37% | 46% | 60% |
| Details of any existing actions that you have already taken to address your GPG | 45% | 42% | 56% | 35% | 50% | 58% |
| Details of any new actions that you are putting in place to address your GPG | 38% | 34% | 50% | 27% | 43% | 54% |
| Comparisons with your sector, key competitors or other similar employers | 38% | 33% | 52% | 30% | 42% | 48% |
| Targets for reducing your GPG | 14% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 21% |
| Anything else | 4% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| None of these (have not produced anything) | 11% | 13% | 3% | 14% | 8% | 7% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Net: Produced any complementary GPG information | 88% | 85% | 96% | 85% | 90% | 93% |
| Net: Developed any GPG actions (new or existing) | 50% | 46% | 62% | 39% | 55% | 63% |
Base: All respondents
C16 – And which, if any, of these were published externally? So firstly…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| An explanation of the reasons for your GPG | 60% | 57% | 70% | 57% | 58% | 67% |
| Details of how your GPG has changed over time | 40% | 36% | 51% | 34% | 38% | 52% |
| Information about your organisation’s other diversity policies and actions | 31% | 26% | 46% | 27% | 30% | 39% |
| More detailed analysis of your data, above that required by the regulations | 26% | 23% | 35% | 21% | 27% | 34% |
| Information on the legal requirements and how GPG differs from equal pay law | 32% | 28% | 46% | 27% | 32% | 43% |
| Details of any existing actions that you have already taken to address your GPG | 31% | 28% | 40% | 24% | 35% | 40% |
| Details of any new actions that you are putting in place to address your GPG | 29% | 25% | 38% | 20% | 31% | 41% |
| Comparisons with your sector, key competitors or other similar employers | 15% | 13% | 22% | 13% | 14% | 18% |
| Targets for reducing your GPG | 7% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 10% |
| Net: Externally published any complementary GPG information | 73% | 69% | 86% | 69% | 74% | 79% |
| Net: Externally published any GPG actions (new or existing) | 35% | 32% | 46% | 28% | 38% | 46% |
Base: All respondents
C17 – Thinking about the actions that you have taken or are planning to take to reduce your GPG (or avoid a GPG developing), do these include any of the following…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Offering or promoting flexible working arrangements | 44% | 40% | 56% | 33% | 49% | 58% |
| Reviewing your existing policies | 40% | 35% | 52% | 29% | 45% | 53% |
| Improving or altering your recruitment processes | 37% | 34% | 46% | 27% | 41% | 50% |
| Introducing or improving other training on diversity and equality | 37% | 33% | 47% | 26% | 42% | 51% |
| Promoting shared parental leave policies | 36% | 32% | 45% | 27% | 42% | 44% |
| Introducing or continuing to run mandatory unconscious bias training | 30% | 27% | 39% | 21% | 34% | 43% |
| Improving or altering your internal promotion processes | 27% | 25% | 35% | 19% | 33% | 37% |
| Encouraging or enhancing women’s networks or other diversity support groups | 26% | 23% | 32% | 15% | 24% | 44% |
| Other: Outreach into local communities or initiatives | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Other: Reviewing pay grades or bonus structures or industry awards | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| Other: Other training (for example, leadership and development) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Other actions | 3% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Not taken or planned any actions to address their GPG | 50% | 54% | 38% | 61% | 45% | 37% |
Base: All respondents
C18 – You mentioned that you published details of these actions externally. Did you publish…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Less detail than in your internal plans and documents | 19% | 17% | 25% | 20% | 18% | 20% |
| Roughly the same amount of detail | 46% | 48% | 43% | 48% | 43% | 46% |
| Or more detail than in your internal plans and documents | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Did not publish actions externally | 29% | 30% | 25% | 28% | 31% | 28% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
C19 – Where applicable, is there…?
(a) A named individual or team tasked with implementing each action
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Yes | 72% | 72% | 72% | 63% | 71% | 82% |
| No | 26% | 26% | 26% | 35% | 27% | 17% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
(b) A member of the senior management team with overall accountability for ensuring the actions happen
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Yes | 89% | 89% | 89% | 87% | 91% | 90% |
| No | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
(c) A specified time-scale or target for when each action must be implemented
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Yes | 46% | 45% | 47% | 33% | 44% | 60% |
| No | 47% | 48% | 45% | 59% | 50% | 33% |
| Don’t know | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 7% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
(d) A process to formally review these actions to check they are still relevant and consider whether additional actions are needed
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Yes | 75% | 74% | 77% | 68% | 74% | 82% |
| No | 22% | 24% | 18% | 28% | 23% | 15% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
(e) A process to formally evaluate the impact of these actions on your GPG
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Yes | 58% | 56% | 64% | 55% | 62% | 59% |
| No | 37% | 40% | 30% | 41% | 32% | 36% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
C9 – Based on your initial impressions, how successful do you think these actions have been in helping address your GPG? Would you say…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 488 | 178 | 310 | 185 | 126 | 177 |
| Very successful | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Fairly successful | 15% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Neither successful nor unsuccessful | 18% | 20% | 14% | 25% | 16% | 13% |
| Fairly unsuccessful | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 1% |
| Very unsuccessful | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Or, it’s too early to say | 59% | 59% | 59% | 54% | 58% | 65% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
Base: All who had taken or planned any actions to address their GPG
C20 – Have you referred to or used either of the following?
(a) The GEO guidance on diagnosing the causes of your GPG
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 26% | 22% | 38% | 21% | 26% | 34% |
| No | 68% | 73% | 55% | 75% | 69% | 57% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 9% |
Base: All respondents
(b) The GEO guidance on producing a GPG action plan
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 23% | 18% | 36% | 17% | 26% | 29% |
| No | 71% | 76% | 57% | 79% | 68% | 61% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 11% |
Base: All respondents
F2 – The regulations will require large employers to next publish their gender pay data by 4 April or 30 March 2020. When does your organisation intend to publish its results on the official government portal?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| In the week before the deadline (late March 2020) | 32% | 35% | 26% | 34% | 36% | 27% |
| Around 2 weeks before (mid March 2020) | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 14% |
| 2 to 4 weeks before (early March 2020) | 11% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 11% |
| 2 to 3 months before (January to February 2020) | 16% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 4 to 6 months before (October to December 2019) | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 14% |
| 7 to 9 months before the deadline (July to September 2019) | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 5% |
| Already published (in April to June 2019) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Don’t intend to publish results | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Have not yet decided when you will publish the results | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
Base: All respondents
F3 – Why does your organisation not intend to publish its GPG data this time?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Not required – had less than 250 employees at snapshot date | 100% | - | 100% | 100% | - | - |
Base: All who did not intend to publish their next GPG results
F4 – Thinking about the metrics that employers currently have to report, how useful do you think each of the following are?
(a) Differences in mean and median hourly rate
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Very useful | 13% | 12% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 19% |
| Fairly useful | 56% | 55% | 59% | 55% | 57% | 58% |
| Not very useful | 21% | 21% | 18% | 24% | 19% | 15% |
| Not at all useful | 8% | 9% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
Base: All respondents
(b) Proportion of women in each pay quartile
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Very useful | 37% | 35% | 45% | 31% | 34% | 51% |
| Fairly useful | 46% | 47% | 44% | 48% | 55% | 37% |
| Not very useful | 10% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 8% | 7% |
| Not at all useful | 4% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
(c) Proportion of women and men paid bonuses
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Very useful | 22% | 24% | 17% | 18% | 24% | 28% |
| Fairly useful | 35% | 39% | 22% | 32% | 36% | 38% |
| Not very useful | 19% | 21% | 15% | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| Not at all useful | 18% | 13% | 30% | 21% | 18% | 12% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 3% | 15% | 8% | 6% | 2% |
Base: All respondents
(d) Differences in mean and median bonus pay
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Very useful | 13% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| Fairly useful | 37% | 41% | 27% | 35% | 36% | 41% |
| Not very useful | 25% | 27% | 18% | 25% | 26% | 24% |
| Not at all useful | 19% | 15% | 29% | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Don’t know | 7% | 4% | 15% | 9% | 7% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
F6a – Thinking ahead, over the next 5 years do you expect your median GPG to…?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Improve significantly | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Improve somewhat | 40% | 40% | 41% | 37% | 44% | 41% |
| Stay roughly the same | 49% | 49% | 47% | 54% | 44% | 44% |
| Get somewhat worse | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| Or get significantly worse | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Base: All respondents
F6b – And what about over the next 10 years?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Improve significantly | 15% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 20% |
| Improve somewhat | 39% | 39% | 39% | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| Stay roughly the same | 36% | 37% | 33% | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Get somewhat worse | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Or get significantly worse | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Don’t know | 9% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 9% |
Base: All respondents
F7 – Does your organisation currently have…?
(a) A staff network focused on diversity and inclusion in the workplace
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 44% | 39% | 58% | 36% | 38% | 62% |
| No | 51% | 56% | 38% | 60% | 54% | 35% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 4% |
Base: All respondents
(b) A senior leader responsible for promoting diversity
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 62% | 58% | 71% | 54% | 63% | 73% |
| No | 35% | 38% | 26% | 43% | 33% | 22% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
Base: All respondents
(c) Information or resources for staff who wish to discuss issues related to race-ethnicity in the workplace
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 80% | 77% | 88% | 76% | 83% | 85% |
| No | 17% | 20% | 10% | 22% | 14% | 12% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Base: All respondents
F8a – Do you request ethnicity data from your workforce?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| Yes | 64% | 56% | 87% | 60% | 62% | 71% |
| No | 32% | 39% | 11% | 34% | 36% | 25% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 4% |
Base: All respondents
F8b – When you collect this data, is there an option for people to declare they ‘prefer not to say’?
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 651 | 217 | 434 | 285 | 157 | 209 |
| Yes | 59% | 50% | 85% | 55% | 55% | 68% |
| No | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Do not request ethnicity data (or don’t know if do this) | 36% | 44% | 13% | 40% | 38% | 29% |
Base: All respondents
Median GPG (GPG portal data)[footnote 18]
| Total | Sector: Private | Sector: Public and voluntary | Size: 250 to 499 | Size: 500 to 999 | Size: 1,000 or more | |
| Base (unweighted) | 900 | 390 | 510 | 421 | 221 | 258 |
| 26% or higher | 17% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 13% |
| 21% to 25% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 10% | 7% |
| 16% to 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| 11% to 15% | 13% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| 6% to 10% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 17% |
| 5% or less | 15% | 16% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 0% | 12% | 14% | 7% | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| Negative (women’s pay higher than men’s) | 13% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 8% |
Base: All respondents
SIC classification (GPG portal data): Private sector only
| Private sector only | Total | 250 to 499 | 500 to 999 | 1,000 or more |
| Base (unweighted) | 390 | 185 | 104 | 101 |
| A: Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| B: Mining and quarrying | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| C: Manufacturing | 14% | 13% | 20% | 8% |
| D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| E: Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
| F: Construction | 3% | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| G: Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% |
| H: Transportation and storage | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| I: Accommodation and food service activities | 7% | 6% | 6% | 9% |
| J: Information and communication | 4% | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| K: Financial and insurance activities | 6% | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| L: Real estate activities | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| M: Professional, scientific and technical activities | 9% | 10% | 4% | 13% |
| N: Administrative and support service activities | 16% | 15% | 19% | 14% |
| O: Public administration and defence, compulsory social security | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| P: Education | 2% | 3% | 3% | 0% |
| Q: Human health and social work activities | 6% | 7% | 4% | 7% |
| R: Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| S: Other service activities | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| T: Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods-and-services-producing activities of households for own use | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| U: Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Multiple SIC classifications on GPG portal | 7% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| No SIC classification on GPG portal | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
Base: All private sector organisations
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If the respondent answered no or don’t know then a referral was sought to someone better placed to answer the questions. If no referral was available, the survey closed. ↩
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If the respondent had not heard of the GPG or did not know anything about it then a referral was sought to someone better placed to answer the questions. If no referral was available, the survey closed. ↩
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The median GPG figures were taken from the latest portal data but confirmed during the interview ↩