Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) white British and (ii) from an ethnic minority background.

The Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies do not currently employ any staff earning less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.