## Equality Information - January 2017

 
Summary The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is committed to furthering the aims of the Equality Act 2010. The public sector duty of the Equality Act 2010 consists of a general equality duty, which is set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. In summary, those subject to the equality duty must, in the exercise of their functions, have due regard to the need to:  

1. Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct 
prohibited by the Act;  
2. Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic 
and those who do not; and  
3. Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic.  
ORR is also subject to specific duties which are imposed by secondary legislation in the form of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011. Those specific duties include the need to publish sufficient information to demonstrate its compliance with the general equality duty across its functions. The information provided must include:  

4. Information on the effect that its policies and practices have had on people who share 
a relevant protected characteristic, to demonstrate the extent to which it furthers the aims of the general equality duty for its employees and for persons affected by its policies and practices;  
5. A statement of one or more objectives it thinks it should achieve in order to comply 
with the public sector equality duty.  
 

## Analysis Of Equality Data

1. ORR has around 300 staff (271 whole time equivalent permanent staff on average 
during 2015-16, ORR Annual Report for 2015-16). Our equality data has been 
taken from ORR's HR database (as at 31 December 2016).  
2. ORR has analysed the distribution of its workforce, as far as it is able to, in terms 
of the protected characteristics (age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership). This has been broken down by grade. This data shows that the majority of staff are male (60%), most staff are white (66%), 5% of staff have a reported disability and 60% are above 40 years of age. There is small increase in the numbers of female staff across grades and a 5% increase at SCS level. This data is largely similar to the data reported in January 2016. The number of staff unwilling to state their 
protected characteristics remains high but has reduced slightly. The data can be found in Annex 1.  
3. ORR has analysed the numbers of part-time and full-time staff at each level of the 
organisation. The majority of part-time staff are women at each grade. This data can be found in Annex 2.  
4. An analysis of full time equivalent (FTE) pay for male and female staff has been 
undertaken to assess whether there is a gender pay gap. This has been broken down by grade. ORR endeavours to ensure that our pay system is fair and equitable. The data can be found in Annex 3.  
5. In Annex 4 the tables show the protected characteristics for applicants (or those 
who started the application process) for ORR roles, advertised externally between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016. By next year we hope to improve the completion rate of this data, with our recruitment partner.  
6. We had 11% reduction in the number of staff who responded to the 2016 people 
survey. See the tables in Annex 5.  
7. ORR does not currently have any reported transsexual staff in employment. As 
part of our equality and diversity policy, we aim to recruit as diverse a workforce as possible, and would welcome applications all people who meet the minimum criteria for a role.  
8. Following common practice, our policy is not to report data where there are fewer 
than 10 people within a category.  In the current report, this affects data relating to pregnancy and maternity, dismissals and grievances.  
9. We encourage staff to provide accurate information on protected characteristics 
by completing their personal details on our human resources information system. We aim to improve our inclusiveness and diversity through a range of proactive HR strategies (for example, tackling unconscious bias in recruitment, addressing historical pay anomalies using our Career Families competencies framework, and eliminating bullying and harassment).  
 
10. We are committed to publishing our equality information on an annual basis.  
 

## Annex 1 - Workforce Demographics

% distribution of ORR's workforce by protected characteristic and grade (as at 31 December 2016) 

Protected characteristic
SCS
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Overall
Gender Male
75%
63%
84%
69%
58%
40%
25%
31%
60%
Female
25%
37%
16%
31%
42%
60%
75%
69%
40%
Race/ethnicity White
90%
81%
84%
67%
62%
48%
40%
50%
66%
Mixed
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0%
6%
1%
Asian or Asian British
0%
0%
3%
5%
16%
23%
10%
6%
8%
Black or Black British
0%
4%
0%
5%
9%
10%
25%
25%
8%
Other ethnic group
5%
0%
0%
2%
2%
3%
0%
0%
2%
Undeclared
5%
15%
14%
20%
11%
15%
25%
13%
16%
Disability Reported disability
0%
4%
3%
8%
4%
8%
5%
6%
5%
No reported disability
95%
93%
92%
90%
91%
80%
95%
88%
90%
Undeclared
5%
4%
5%
2%
4%
13%
0%
6%
5%
Age 20-29
0%
0%
0%
4%
13%
33%
20%
19%
10%
30-39
15%
41%
19%
32%
49%
25%
10%
25%
30%
40-49
25%
15%
30%
16%
22%
23%
50%
13%
22%
50-59
50%
41%
41%
40%
16%
13%
20%
38%
32%
60+
10%
4%
11%
8%
0%
8%
0%
6%
6%
Religion or belief No religion
0%
7%
19%
17%
20%
5%
20%
25%
15%
Christian
15%
22%
32%
25%
4%
23%
15%
25%
21%
Hindu
0%
0%
3%
1%
0%
3%
0%
6%
1%
Jewish
5%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
6%
1%
Muslim
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5%
0%
0%
1%
Sikh
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
3%
0%
0%
1%
Other
0%
0%
0%
3%
4%
3%
0%
0%
2%
Undeclared
80%
70%
46%
53%
71%
60%
65%
38%
59%
Sexual orientation Heterosexual
15%
33%
14%
20%
18%
28%
30%
38%
22%
Gay or lesbian
0%
4%
3%
2%
4%
0%
0%
0%
2%
Other
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
5%
0%
0%
1%
Undeclared
85%
63%
84%
77%
76%
68%
70%
63%
74%
Marriage and civil partnership Married
80%
78%
59%
60%
31%
35%
35%
38%
52%
Single
10%
7%
30%
26%
44%
58%
35%
44%
32%
Divorced
5%
0%
0%
4%
2%
3%
5%
0%
3%
Widowed
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5%
0%
1%
Civil Partnership
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
Partner
0%
4%
0%
3%
2%
3%
0%
0%
2%
Undeclared
5%
4%
11%
5%
18%
3%
15%
19%
9%
Separated
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5%
0%
1%  

"Senior Civil Servant" is the most senior level of the organisation and "grade G" is at the least senior level of the organisation. 

## Annex 2 - Working Pattern

% distribution of ORR's workforce by gender, working pattern and grade (as at 31 
December 2016) 

Employment type
SCS
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Overall
Male Full-time
93%
94%
84%
86%
96%
94%
100%
100%
90%
Alternative working pattern
0%
6%
13%
3%
0%
6%
0%
0%
4%
Part-time
7%
0%
3%
11%
4%
0%
0%
0%
6%
Female Full-time
60%
60%
50%
76%
79%
83%
67%
91%
75%
Alternative working pattern
0%
0%
17%
3%
0%
8%
0%
9%
4%
Part-time
40%
40%
33%
21%
21%
8%
33%
0%
21%  

% distribution of female FTE pay compared to male FTE pay, by grade (as at 31 December 2016) 

Median Grade
Male
Female
% difference of females compared
SCS
97,930
£    
91,809
£    
-6.3%
A
73,745
£    
70,418
£    
-4.5%
B
64,649
£    
64,994
£    
0.5%
C
58,421
£    
53,000
£    
-9.3%
D
40,487
£    
41,555
£    
2.6%
E
32,422
£    
32,385
£    
-0.1%
F
29,089
£    
32,706
£    
12.4%
G
24,190
£    
24,229
£    
0.2%  

 

Mean Grade
Male
Female
% difference of females compared
SCS
104,592
£  
103,002
£ 
-1.5%
A
72,086
£    
71,111
£    
-1.4%
B
64,041
£    
64,236
£    
0.3%
C
56,680
£    
53,513
£    
-5.6%
D
42,253
£    
42,427
£    
0.4%
E
33,516
£    
32,960
£    
-1.7%
F
28,843
£    
30,243
£    
4.9%
G
23,623
£    
23,524
£    
-0.4%  

## Annex 4 - Recruitment

These tables show the protected characteristics for applicants (or those who started the application process) for ORR vacancies, advertised externally between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016. 

| Gender            |   Total  | Disability        |   Total  |
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
|                   |          |                   |          |
| Female            |     344  | No                |     959  |
|                   |          |                   |          |
| Male              |     670  | Yes               |      52  |
|                   |          |                   |          |
| Prefer not to say |      13  | Prefer not to say |      16  |
|                   |          |                   |          |
| Not completed     |     426  | Not completed     |     426  |
|                   |          |                   |          |

| Ethnicity                                                 |   Total  |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background          |      18  |
| Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi                         |      38  |
| Asian/Asian British - Chinese                             |       8  |
| Asian/Asian British - Indian                              |      73  |
| Asian/Asian British - Pakistani                           |      31  |
| Black African/ Caribbean/ Black British - African         |     104  |
| Black African/ Caribbean/ Black British - Any other       |          |
| Black/African/Caribbean background                        |          |
| 11                                                        |          |
| Black African/ Caribbean/ Black British - Caribbean       |      28  |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic groups - Any other mixed background |          |
| 6                                                         |          |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic groups - White and Asian            |          |
| 17                                                        |          |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic groups - White and Black African    |          |
| 8                                                         |          |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean  |          |
| 8                                                         |          |
| Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group               |          |
| 11                                                        |          |
| Other ethnic group - Arab                                 |          |
| 6                                                         |          |
| White - English                                           |          |
| 419                                                       |          |
| White - Irish                                             |          |
| 20                                                        |          |
| White - Northern Irish                                    |          |
| 5                                                         |          |
| White - Other White background                            |          |
| 88                                                        |          |
| White - Scottish                                          |          |
| 79                                                        |          |
| White - Welsh                                             |          |
| 10                                                        |          |
| Prefer not to say                                         |          |
| 39                                                        |          |
| Not completed                                             |          |
| 426                                                       |          |

| Age                   | Total    |      | Religion           |   Total  |
|-----------------------|----------|------|--------------------|----------|
| 16 -24                | 177      |      | Any other religion |       4  |
| 25 - 29               | 199      |      | Buddhist           |       9  |
| 30 - 34               | 157      |      | Christian          |     452  |
| 35 - 39               | 156      |      | Hindu              |      42  |
| 40 - 44               | 100      |      | Jewish             |       6  |
| 45 - 49               | 110      |      | Muslim             |     103  |
| 50 - 54               | 80       |      | Sikh               |       8  |
| 55 - 59               | 27       |      | No religion        |     304  |
| 60 - 64               | 9        |      | Prefer not to say  |      99  |
| 65+                   | 2        |      | Not completed      |     426  |
| Prefer not to say     | 49       |      |                    |          |
|                       |          |      |                    |          |
| Not completed         | 426      |      |                    |          |
|                       |          |      |                    |          |
|                       |          |      |                    |          |
|                       |          |      |                    |          |
| Sexual Orientation    | Total    |      |                    |          |
| Bisexual              | 16       |      |                    |          |
| Gay man               | 39       |      |                    |          |
| Gay woman/lesbian     | 4        |      |                    |          |
| Heterosexual/straight | 883      |      |                    |          |
| Other                 | 3        |      |                    |          |
| Prefer not to say     | 67       |      |                    |          |
| Not completed         | 419      |      |                    |          |

## Annex 5 - Civil Service People Survey 2016

An analysis of equality data from ORR's Civil Service People Survey (Autumn 2016), 
77% of staff responded to the survey. 

| Inclusion and fair treatment                       |   % Positive score |   % Neutral score | % Negative score                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| I am treated fairly at work                        |                 82 |                10 | 8                                                |
| 89                                                 |                  6 |                 5 | I am treated with respect by the people I work   |
| with                                               |                    |                   |                                                  |
| 78                                                 |                 13 |                 9 | I think that ORR respects individual differences |
| (e.g. cultures, working styles, backgrounds, ideas |                    |                   |                                                  |
| etc.)                                              |                    |                   |                                                  |

| Discrimination, harassment and bullying     |   Yes (%) |   No (%) | Prefer not to say (%)                          |
|---------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|------------------------------------------------|
| 7                                           |        87 |        6 | During the past 12 months, have you personally |
| experienced discrimination at work          |           |          |                                                |
| 8                                           |        85 |        7 | During the past 12 months, have you personally |
| experienced bullying or harassment at work? |           |          |                                                |