Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of Monday 16 July 2018 to Question 162604 on Department of Health & Social Care: Living Wage, what the lowest hourly wage was paid to staff and agency workers in his Department's offices in (a) London and (b) the UK.

For the financial year 2017/18, the lowest hourly rate paid to staff employed in the Department’s offices in London and the United Kingdom was:

Inner London £11.61

Outer London £10.64

National: £9.41

This compares to the following current hourly Living Wage Foundation rates of:

London Living wage £10.20

UK Living Wage £8.75

For short term temporary staff, previously engaged via Brook Street Employment Agency the lowest hourly rate paid in the period in question was:

Inner London £9.93

National £9.62