Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.y the Living Wage Foundation.

Cleaning services in the MoJ are typically undertaken by outsourced providers as part of large Facilities Management (FM) service contracts. Providers to the MoJ HQ and probation estate are OCS and Sodexo, to the court and tribunal estate are G4S and Mitie, and to the prison estate Amey, Gov Facilities Services Ltd (GFSL) and Mitie. Rates of pay for cleaners are determined by their respective employers and not held by the Ministry of Justice. All outsourced providers are required to pay as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.

A list of all services delivered by third party contractors to the Department is not held in a centralised location, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.