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Pay Gap Data #7 – Where can I find gender pay gap data for 2023?

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This post was updated on 2nd October 2024 with the latest data for the 2023 snapshot date.  I will continue to update each quarter with data from late reporters.

The government requires all employers with a headcount of 250 or more on their snapshot date to submit gender pay gap data.  All data is available to the public and can be found on the government’s gender pay gap website.  I have downloaded this data and created a spreadsheet to present the data in a more user-friendly and visual format.

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Stats Training Materials – Pay Gap Analytics

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The 5 steps to close a pay gap are –

  1. Define what success looks like i.e. where you want to be in the future.
  2. Measure where you are today.
  3. Analyse your data to understand why you are where you are today & what the key drivers are of your gaps
  4. Identify & implement actions that will move you from today to where you want to be.
  5. Continuously monitor key drivers to ensure you are on the right track

All steps require the use of statistical thinking and statistical methods.  Of course, other skills and processes are also needed but they cannot succeed on their own without the help of statistics

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UK Weather Trends #32 – Summer 2024

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The 2024 meteorological summer in the UK was unremarkable on all weather variables.  In fact 2024 was so unremarkable that it is in fact the most “normal” summer of the last 114 years when I compare the data to the last 50 years which I regard as “living memory”.

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UK Weather Trends #31 – Spring 2024

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Spring 2024 in the UK was the hottest on record.  In some ways this is surprising given it was also the 10th dullest and 6th wettest spring on record which is inconsistent with trends over last 25 years and with the typical correlations seen in spring.  With any other dataset, I would ask for a check on the temperature data to see if it is correct.

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UK Weather Tracker #88 – May 2024

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This was the warmest May on record in the UK which surprised me at first when I saw the data.  Then I saw that where I live (in the South West), it was the 3rd warmest but everywhere else in the UK set a new record.  Notably, the new temperature record was set despite below average sunshine and normal rainfall which may be another reason why I was surprised by the new temperature record.  Finally, as I pointed out in June last year, statistically the previous record looked artificially low relative to the upper decile so a new record is perhaps not that great a surprise.
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UK Weather Tracker #87 – April 2024

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The weather in the UK in April 2024 was abnormal but not in the way I thought.  My wife and I ended the month with stinking colds so surely it was a colder April than but no, the Met Office insists it was above.  It was noticeably darker and wetter than normal with this April being the 6th wettest on record.
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