Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
a) All staff directly employed by DWP are paid above the Living Wage.
b) Following the introduction of the London Living Wage by our Facilities Management contractor, Telereal Trillium, the total number of our contractors and their service partners in receipt of less than the living wage has reduced to 4,493.
c) The total number of staff in arm’s length bodies in receipt of less than the living wage is 9. Those in receipt of less than the living wage are employed by Remploy who have a total headcount of 1097 (based on March 2014 figures).