Pay for inspector roles

Date released

6 July 2021

Request number

202106008

Release of information under

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Information requested

Some inspector roles advertised on your website (Nuclear Safety Inspector – Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Inspector – Human Factors) have different rates of pay to others (Nuclear Safeguards Inspector) despite being the same ‘band’.

• Please send me a full list of pay scales for all ONR inspector roles.
• Please also provide me with a breakdown of:
• How many men and women are in each of these roles.
• How many BAME inspectors are in each of the roles.
• The average age of people in each of the roles.
• Please explain why there is a difference in rates of pay for ONR inspectors.

Information released

I confirm that under Section 1 of the FOIA we hold the information requested. We have answered your questions in turn below.

Questions 1 and 2

Please refer to the attached Annex which provides the current pay range details and statistical data requested in questions 1 and 2.

Question 3

The four different specialisms at inspector grade are:

• Safety
• Security
• Conventional Health & Safety and Fire
• Security & Safeguards

The pay is different between the specialisms to reflect the scarcity of the market skills, the technical expertise and the experience in the nuclear industry.

Exemptions applied

None

PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable

N/A