Asked by: James Murray (Labour (Co-op) - Ealing North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers in his Department and relevant agencies and public bodies who receive a wage below the (i) UK real living wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London living wage inside of Greater London as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
In April 2022, the statutory National Living Wage was increased to £9.50 per hour. By 2024, the Government have committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings.
As of 07/07/2022, the total number of direct employees in the Cabinet Office earning below the Real Living Wage rate of £9.90 per hour was 0 and for the London Living Wage rate of £11.05 per hour was 0.
We are unable to provide details on Contractors and Agency workers' pay as they are not employees of the departments in which they work, nor of the Civil Service.