Gender pay gap statement

West Kent provides housing and community services across Kent and Medway. We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity, and treating everyone fairly.

As West Kent employs more than 250 people it is required by the government to publish details of its gender pay gap, specifically the difference in average female earnings compared to average male earnings.

In April 2025, we had 356 full pay relevant employees (352 in 2024). Of these 66% of employees were female and 34% of employees were male, this ratio remains unchanged from 2024.

We pay individual spot salaries for each of our job roles and all roles are independently benchmarked. Men and women are paid equally for the same roles, irrespective of their length of service. Pay progression (through payment above spot salary) is linked to professional development, where there is continued exceptional performance or as part of our talent path and succession planning.

Our analysis continues to indicate that the pay gap in West Kent reflects the wide range of job roles available and the changes in number and mix of staff.

The average female employee at West Kent earns 10.4% less than the average male employee (11.4% in 2024).

The improvement in our pay gap this year is mainly due to a one-off payment made to certain employees relating to a change to terms and conditions of employment. These payments had an effect on the pay data for the purpose of our reporting and moved this group of women and the majority of men into the upper pay quarter. Of those who received the payment 64% were women and 36% were men.

I declare that the information in this report is accurate.

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