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5th September 2016.
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Dear
Re: Information Request – Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000
I can confirm NHS Digital has considered your request dated the 3rd August 2016.
Please note, NHS Digital is the new trading name for the Health and Social Care Information Centre
(HSCIC). We provide ‘Information and Technology for better health and care’. Find out more about
our role and remit at www.digital.nhs.uk
Thank you for your request. Please see below:Please provide figures for full-time equivalised annual basic salaries in response to the
questions below:
* Please disclose the mean earnings for male employees and the mean earnings for female
employees for the most recent year for which you have figures and please state the dates to
which it refers;
Mean Male Pay - £47,385 (£24.30 p/h)
Mean Female Pay - £39,546 (£20.28 p/h)
* Please disclose the median earnings for male employees and the median earnings for
female employees for the most recent year for which you have figures and please state the
dates to which it refers;
Median Male Pay - £44,694 (£22.92 p/h)
Median Female Pay - £37,401 (£19.18 p/h)
* Please disclose the number of male employees by quartile salary bands and the number of
female employees by quartile salary bands.
Quartile Pay Bands –
If the below information is not what you require, then please contact Abi Simpson – Information
Governance Advisor ([email protected]) with an explanation of what you require.
Female
Male
Band A
461 (60%)
312 (40%)
Band B
346 (47%)
388 (53%)
Band C
208 (36%)
373 (64%)
Band D
205 (31%)
467 (69%)
Total
1220 (44%)
1540 (56%)
www.digital.nhs.uk
[email protected]
* If within the limits allowable under the FOIA, please also provide the respective figures
for questions 1-3 for the preceding 12 month period, and state the end date.
The latest data (ie. the data we have provided) is for April 2015 to March 2016 which is the end of our
financial year. We do not have any further data at this time.
In line with the Information Commissioner’s directive on the disclosure of information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 your request will form part of our disclosure log. Therefore, a
version of our response which will protect your anonymity will be posted on the NHS Digital website.
I trust you are satisfied with our response to your request for information. However, if you are not
satisfied, you may request a review from a suitably qualified member of staff not involved in the initial
query, via the [email protected] e mail address or by post at the above postal address.
I will assume that your request to the organisation is now closed.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Advisor
Further information about your right to complain under the Freedom of Information Act is available from the
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wilmslow, Cheshire, and on The Information Commissioner’s website
www.ico.org.uk.
The NHS Digital values customer feedback and would appreciate a moment of your time to respond to our
Freedom of Information (FOI) Survey to let us know about your experience. Please access the survey through
this link here
www.digital.nhs.uk
[email protected]
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