FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4050
You asked
This is an information request relating to the cost of producing an annual gender pay gap report.
Please include the information for each of the following periods: 2019-20; 2020-21, 2021-22:
- The cost of producing each gender pay gap report, including a breakdown of the cost such as the number of FTE staff working on the report. This should cover the full process of producing the report including research, drafting, proof-reading, communications etc.
- Any internal assessments of the costs and benefits of producing the report
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.
I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.
Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold any information on the amount of time taken to collate and produce our pay gap reports for the years requested (or previous years) as no cost analysis has taken place.
We also do not hold any information on the benefits of producing the report as we have not conducted an exercise to assess its benefits.
We are sorry we have not been able to assist you in this instance.