Question follow-through · 103704

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what has been the change in the Gender Pay Gap between July 2024 and December 2025.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
12 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what has been the change in the Gender Pay Gap between July 2024 and December 2025.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Office for National Statistics releases data on the national gender pay gap annually in October, based on April pay data. This showed that the national median gap in April 2025 was 12.8%. In the previous year, the national gap stood at 13.1%. This rel...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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