Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the hourly pay-rate is for her Department's cleaning staff.
Defra’s office cleaners are provided through a facilities management contract and are paid the following hourly rates as a minimum:-
Outside of London boroughs £8.25 rising to £8.45 from April 2017
Within London boroughs - £9.40 rising to £9.75 from April 2017
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