Government Legal Department

Government Legal Department has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 at 17:13 UTC.

Employer ID 14379
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap -3.0%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 6.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 73.7% of the highest paid quarter and 66.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.0%
Median hourly pay gap -3.6%
Men receiving bonus 76.6%
Women receiving bonus 74.4%
Mean bonus gap 2.6%
Median bonus gap 6.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 73.7%
26.3%
Upper-middle 63.7%
36.3%
Lower-middle 62.4%
37.6%
Lower quartile 66.6%
33.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 1.9%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 63.9% of the highest paid quarter and 67.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.9%
Median hourly pay gap 0.8%
Men receiving bonus 76.8%
Women receiving bonus 73.4%
Mean bonus gap -0.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.9%
36.1%
Upper-middle 67.7%
32.3%
Lower-middle 68.8%
31.2%
Lower quartile 67.5%
32.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 1.8%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.8% of the highest paid quarter and 65.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.8%
Median hourly pay gap 2.2%
Men receiving bonus 90.8%
Women receiving bonus 91.5%
Mean bonus gap 8.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.8%
38.2%
Upper-middle 69.2%
30.8%
Lower-middle 68.1%
31.9%
Lower quartile 65.7%
34.3%
2022 Mean pay gap -3.4%

In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 13.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 68.2% of the highest paid quarter and 62.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.4%
Median hourly pay gap -2.2%
Men receiving bonus 81.6%
Women receiving bonus 80.4%
Mean bonus gap 4.6%
Median bonus gap 13.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.2%
31.8%
Upper-middle 62.8%
37.2%
Lower-middle 65.3%
34.7%
Lower quartile 62.0%
38.0%
2021 Mean pay gap -2.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.01 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.9% of the highest paid quarter and 61.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.6%
Median hourly pay gap -1.1%
Men receiving bonus 74.2%
Women receiving bonus 74.1%
Mean bonus gap 4.4%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.9%
33.1%
Upper-middle 62.7%
37.3%
Lower-middle 66.2%
33.8%
Lower quartile 61.8%
38.2%
2020 Mean pay gap -2.0%

In this organisation, women earned £1.00 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.5% of the highest paid quarter and 60.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.0%
Median hourly pay gap -0.1%
Men receiving bonus 77.4%
Women receiving bonus 74.6%
Mean bonus gap 5.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.5%
33.5%
Upper-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower-middle 67.6%
32.4%
Lower quartile 60.7%
39.3%
2019 Mean pay gap -0.6%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 13.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 63.7% of the highest paid quarter and 60.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.6%
Median hourly pay gap 0.8%
Men receiving bonus 67.4%
Women receiving bonus 67.5%
Mean bonus gap 27.3%
Median bonus gap 13.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.7%
36.3%
Upper-middle 59.7%
40.3%
Lower-middle 67.2%
32.8%
Lower quartile 60.8%
39.2%
2018 Mean pay gap -0.2%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 40.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 64.9% of the highest paid quarter and 37.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.2%
Median hourly pay gap 1.7%
Men receiving bonus 56.5%
Women receiving bonus 52.8%
Mean bonus gap 21.8%
Median bonus gap 40.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.9%
35.1%
Upper-middle 60.1%
39.9%
Lower-middle 63.4%
36.6%
Lower quartile 37.0%
63.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 0.4%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 50.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 60.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.7%
Men receiving bonus 46.0%
Women receiving bonus 42.0%
Mean bonus gap 26.3%
Median bonus gap 50.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 60.1%
39.9%
Lower-middle 63.2%
36.8%
Lower quartile 60.2%
39.8%