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UK Export Finance Public Sector Equality Duty Compliance: 2020-21

Published 15 February 2022

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1. Equality regulations

The equality regulations require all public bodies to:

  • eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation
  • advance equality of opportunity
  • foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t

Promoting equality of opportunity means public bodies should:

  • remove or minimise disadvantages for groups of people
  • take steps to meet the needs of protected groups of people
  • encourage all groups of people to participate in public life or other activity situations where participation is low.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has in place several initiatives to reduce workplace inequality and works with its staff networks to achieve its diversity and inclusion objectives.

2. UK Export Finance Workforce Diversity Data 2020-21

The data used to produce this report are displayed in percentages by grade group as of 31 March 2021.

  1. Gender by grade
  2. Age by grade
  3. Ethnicity by grade
  4. Disability by grade
  5. Sexual orientation by grade
  6. Religious beliefs by grade
  7. Marital status by grade

As displayed on the following tables, not declared refers to staff that answered, ‘prefer not to answer’ when asked. Not reported refers to staff that were asked, but no response was given.

The table below explains the grade grouping used throughout this report.

Grade Grade group
SCS3 (highest grade) Senior Civil Service
SCS2  
SCS1  
Grade 6 Grades 6 and 7
Grade 7  
SEO Senior and Higher Executive Officers
HEO  
EO Executive Officers
AO Adminstrative Officers and Assistants
AA (lowest grade)  

3. Gender by grade

As of 31 March 2021, the department had 403 employees, of which 39.21% were female and 60.79% were male. UKEF recognises it needs to increase female representation at grades HEO and above, and in December 2017, UKEF signed the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter.

As of 31 March 2021, 33.33% of UKEF Senior Civil Service (SCS) staff were female, an increase from 8% in 2017. In the light of this achievement, we have now set a further ambitious target of increasing female representation at SCS grades in the Department to 40% by 2025.

From 31 March 2017, public sector organisations with more than 250 employees are required to publish gender pay data on an annual basis. At the time of publication, UKEF has published the report relating to the 2020/21 reporting year.

We are working towards our target to reduce the gender pay gap by 50% by April 2024.

Grade Male Female
Senior Civil Service 66.67% 33.33%
Grades 6 and 7 70.49% 29.51%
SEO and HEO 57.50% 42.50%
EO 46.81% 53.19%
AO 57.14% 42.86%

4. Age by grade

Grade 16-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 >65
Senior Civil Service 0.00% 0.00% 14.81% 37.04% 44.44% 3.70% 0.00%
Grades 6 and 7 0.00% 5.74% 22.95% 36.07% 26.23% 5.74% 3.28%
SEO and HEO 0.00% 20.50% 26.50% 21.50% 23.50% 7.00% 1.00%
EO 0.00% 40.43% 8.51% 25.53% 21.28% 0.00% 4.26%
AO 0.00% 57.14% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 0.00% 0.00%

5. Ethnicity by grade

For the purposes of this report, staff that have declared their ethnic origin other than white are described as BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic), unless otherwise stated.

Grade White BAME Not declared Not reported
Senior Civil Service 74.07% 25.93% 0.00% 0.00%
Grades 6 and 7 72.13% 22.95% 4.92% 0.00%
SEO and HEO 62.50% 34.00% 2.00% 1.50%
EO 34.04% 63.83% 2.13% 0.00%
AO 57.14% 42.86% 0.00% 0.00%

6. Disability by grade

UKEF has dedicated itself to becoming a better place to work for individuals with disabilities. A key part of this is to increase representation of currently under-represented groups. In February 2021, UKEF renewed its Level 3 Leader status of the Disability Confident scheme. UKEF is committed to the Disability Confident campaign and will continue to review its standards to reach its aspiration of being a role model department and a fully inclusive employer.

Grade Disabled Non-disabled Not declared Not reported
Senior Civil Service 3.70% 85.19% 0.00% 11.11%
Grades 6 and 7 1.64% 77.87% 1.64% 18.85%
SEO and HEO 6.00% 80.50% 1.50% 12.00%
EO 8.51% 76.60% 4.26% 10.64%
AO 14.29% 85.71% 0.00% 0.00%

7. Sexual orientation by grade

Grade Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Heterosexual Other Not declared Not reported
Senior Civil Service 3.70% 74.07% 0.00% 11.11% 11.11%
Grades 6 and 7 3.28% 79.51% 0.00% 7.38% 9.84%
SEO and HEO 4.00% 81.50% 0.50% 5.50% 8.50%
EO 6.38% 87.23% 0.00% 4.26% 2.13%
AO 14.29% 71.43% 0.00% 14.29% 0.00%

8. Religion or belief by grade

Grade No religion Religion or belief declared Not declared Not reported
Senior Civil Service 33.33% 48.15% 18.52% 0.00%
Grades 6 and 7 31.97% 54.10% 13.11% 0.82%
SEO and HEO 31.50% 58.50% 8.00% 2.00%
EO 19.15% 78.72% 2.13% 0.00%
AO 42.86% 57.14% 0.00% 0.00%

9. Marital status by grade

Grade Single Married/Civil Partnership Not declared Not reported
Senior Civil Service 25.93% 74.07% 0.00% 0.00%
Grades 6 and 7 35.25% 62.30% 1.64% 0.82%
SEO and HEO 52.00% 45.00% 1.00% 2.00%
EO 65.96% 31.91% 0.00% 2.13%
AO 85.71% 14.29% 0.00% 0.00%
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