Cost of the SIA's annual gender pay gap report
Published 12 April 2022
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1. Request
This is an information request relating to the cost of producing an annual gender pay gap report
Please include information for each of the following financial years: 2019 to 2020; 2020 to 2021; 2021 to 2022.
Please tell me:
- 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
2. Response
I confirm that the SIA holds the information requested, which can be found below.
2.1 Cost of producing the report
2019 to 2020 financial year
£1,200 (inclusive of VAT).
The report was outsourced so the SIA does not hold details to provide a breakdown of the costs.
2020 to 2021 financial year
£1,320 (inclusive of VAT).
The report was outsourced so the SIA does not hold details to provide a breakdown of the costs.
2021 to 2022 financial year
There was no cost as the production of the report was managed internally.
There were 4 members of staff who worked on the report: 1 employee in Payroll who collated data; 1 employee in People Services that placed the data in an appropriate order and cleansed the data; 1 employee in the Communications Team who reviewed and proofread the report ahead of it being submitted to another employee within the Communications Team for publishing.
2.2 Internal assessment of costs and benefits of producing the report
2019 to 2020 financial year
A supplier was selected through a procurement process which involves obtaining 3 quotations.
2020 to 2021 financial year
A supplier was selected through a procurement process which involves obtaining 3 quotations.
2021 to 2022 financial year
The SIA had the resources available to produce the report in-house.
[Reference: FOI 0333]