Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in her Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID has 2 HQ buildings in the UK, one in East Kilbride and one in Whitehall. We have outsourced our requirement for total facilities management services to Interserve as part of an Affiliates Cluster arrangement managed by the Cabinet Office.
All cleaning, catering and security staff are paid the national living wage or above in our East Kilbride office and the London living wage or above in the Whitehall office.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID have no staff either inside or outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the real living wage.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
Answered by Alistair Burt
There are no staff in the London area, either inside or outside Greater London that are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in her Department.
Answered by Alistair Burt
All Senior Civil Servants are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID currently has 3,995 staff employed directly.
There are currently 159 individuals loaned or seconded from other Departments and organisations.
There are currently 423 individuals working under contract.
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State of 18 April 2018, Official Report, column 307, what progress her Department has made on establishing a business hub to support the implementation of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
Good progress has been made on the establishment of the Business Integrity Hub working closely with the Department for International Trade and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. DFID has engaged with over 80 companies to help businesses integrate analysis and management of integrity issues, including modern slavery, into their strategies for doing business in developing countries. The Hub will be operational later this year.
Home Office are the lead department for the implementation of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Business Integrity Hub will not directly support implementation of section 54 but will contribute to the legislation’s objective to increase transparency in supply chains. It will do so by linking businesses with DFID’s Responsible Accountable Transparent Enterprise (RATE) programme for advice on ethical supply chain management.