Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.

The London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation is a voluntary rate set each November and is currently £10.20 per hour. The National Living wage is currently £7.83. There are no staff who work inside Greater London in Defra that are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.

There are 11 staff in the Department working outside of Greater London paid at a rate below the London Living wage as described by the Living Wage Foundation.