Annex 1

Current gender breakdown of staff working for the Commission:

Current disability breakdown:

Current age profile:

NB. Staff over the age of 65 have been included in the 60 and above to avoid identification

Current religion/belief breakdown:

Current sexual orientation breakdown:

Current ethnicity breakdown:

*Sourced from Office of National Statistics (ONS) data compiled from the 2001 Census results.

Gender pay gap:

The current national average UK gender pay gap according to the Office for National Statistics is 17.1 per cent.  The Commission has a gender pay gap of 5.51per cent. These figures were arrived at by comparing average full-time earnings of men compared to women, which is the accepted way of comparing figures. As a general guide, `significant' differences between the average basic pay of men and women would be classed as over 5 per cent.  The Commission is therefore committed to reducing the current gap by at least 0.51 percent to be below this level.