Homes England has shrunk its gender pay gap to 16.9% but says the improvement in pay disparity is “not progressing quickly enough”.
The government’s housebuilding agency shaved just over one percentage point off the mean salary gap, from 18.2% last year.
Its median pay gap nudged down to 15.3% from 15.5% last year.
Homes England admitted the gap was “still significant” and “slowly improving”.
The updated figures have been released with its first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion report, in which the agency has set out milestones to improve diversity at the 1,035-employee organisation.
Homes England has also promised to work with its partners by requesting diversity and inclusion commitments.
It is developing a replacement delivery partner panel which will go live in the next financial year, with criteria to support greater diversity and inclusion.
Chief executive Nick Walkley said: “Championing inclusion and diversity and role modelling the right behaviours must happen at all levels and corners of our organisation.”
Speaking about the gender pay gap, Walkley added: “The report shows lots of improvement and achievement… but we can do far better and executives are committed to doing so.”
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