Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2019 to Question 211155 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contracts, for what reason cleaning staff (a) outside London are paid the statutory National Living Wage and (b) inside London are paid the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

In line with the practice of previous Administrations, we do not require companies contracted to the Department to pay Living Wage Foundation’s living wage to the staff that they employ.

Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual contractor, as the employer, but assurances are provided to ensure full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.​