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About the Government Equalities Office

The Government Equalities Office is a new self-standing Department, whose mission is to put equality at the heart of Government. The GEO is responsible for the Government’s overall strategy on equality, (including a new Equality Bill and Public Service Agreement) as well as leading on women’s issues across Government, and sponsoring the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Women’s National Commission. The GEO reports to the Ministers for Women and Equality, Harriet Harman and Barbara Follett.

[Click here to read SI http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si2007/uksi_20072914_en.pdf]

GEO Workforce – Gender and Ethnicity

As a new Department, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) is determined to be transparent in accounting for its performance. This is particularly important in our action to address discrimination and promote equality. The GEO will shortly be consulting on its first single equality scheme, as set out in our Business Plan. In the interim, we set out below the provisional breakdown of our staff according to gender and ethnic origin. These figures will be updated on a regular basis.

88 staff work in the GEO of which 56% are women and 44% men.
There are 6 senior civil servants in our senior management team, 4 women and 2 men.
The Gender Pay Gap is currently estimated at minus 4%, that is the median pay of women in GEO is higher than the median pay of men.
12% of GEO staff are from a Black, Asian or minority ethnicity.

We will publish information about disability later this month.

Appointments to public bodies for which GEO is responsible, as at 31 March 2008

	Total appointees	Male appointees	Female appointees	Female appointees (%)
EHRC	16	6	10	62.5
WNC	6	0	6	100
Total	22	6	16	72.7

	Total appointees	Disabled appointees	Disabled appointees (%)
EHRC	16	3	18.8
WNC	6	0	0
Total	22	3	13.6

	Total appointees	Ethnic minority appointees	Ethnic minority appointees (%)
EHRC	16	6	37.5
WNC	6	2	33.3
Total	22	8	36.4

Notes

Figures correct as at 31 March 2008, one BME women commissioner has subsequently stood down from the WNC.
Figures for the EHRC include three Transition Commissioners, one from each of the previous equality commissions.

Figures for the WNC will be further revised in September 2008

The office is responsible for the sponsorship of the following non departmental public bodies

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Women’s National Commission

Click here to see Review of the Women's National Commission.

GEO Ministers develop policies relating to equality and gender and ensure that work on this is co-ordinated across Government.

If you wish to use the GEO Simplification Plan, please click on the following link: GEO Simplification Plan

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