Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department’s policy is on the eligibility of bids to provide HMCTS security guarding services from companies that that pay wages below the Living Wage Foundation certified living wage.
The Ministry of Justice requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal minimum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation. Bids to provide HMCTS security guarding services were required to meet this minimum standard.