Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
The Department’s London and National pay-scales exceed the London Living Wage and the UK Living Wage, respectively. The Department reviews this position on an annual basis in line with the Living Wage levels set by the Living Wage Foundation every November.