Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.

The total number of civil servants in DCMS, our executive agency BDUK and arms length bodies who employ civil servants (National Archive and Charity Commission) who are paid at the National Minimum Wage rate per hour is 0.

Within DCMS, the lowest full time equivalent salary in DCMS is £23,066, which equates to £11.94 per hour, and which is above the current National Living Wage rate of £9.50 per hour and the new rate of £10.42 from April 23.