Department for Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
(asked on 7th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of directly employed staff of (a) his Department, (b) its executive agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies are paid at least the real living wage.
Information for DCLG, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies as of 31 October 2017.
A hundred per cent of staff directly employed by my department earn at least the real living wage. Information on the Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies may be found below:
Organisation Name | Organisation Type | % of Directly employed staff earning at least the real living wage |
Department for Communities and Local Government | Ministerial Department | 100% |
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre | Executive Agency | 100% |
Planning Inspectorate | Executive Agency | 99% |
Housing Ombudsman Service | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | 100% |
Leasehold Advisory Service | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | 100% |
Valuation Tribunal Service | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | 100% |
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | 100% |
Homes and Communities Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | 99% |
The 10 directly employed staff earning less than the real living wage are either apprentices, earning at least government approved apprentice wage or Administrative Officers that were recently transferred in to the organisation from the private sector on TUPE terms and conditions.
The Planning Inspectorate have seven directly employed staff earning less than the real living wage, all of whom are due to receive their contractually entitled pay award for 2017/18 backdated from 1 August 2017. Once this award has been approved and processed, 100 per cent of Planning Inspectorate employees will be paid at least the real living wage.