Pay
(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) workers in agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
The table shows the number of civilian staff employed by the Ministry of Defence and its Agencies who are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) as a living wage.
Department/Agency | Numbers working in London paid less than LWF London Rate of £8.80 per hour | Numbers paid less than LWF National Rate of £7.65 per hour |
Ministry of Defence | 10 | 900 |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | 0 | 30 |
Defence Support Group | 0 | 40 |
Defence Science & Technology Laboratory | 0 | 60 |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Figures are as at 3 October 2014.
Contracted workers’ rates of pay, where paid by their parent company or recruitment agency, are not visible to the Department.