Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.

All permanent members of staff directly employed by the Home Office are paid the Living Wage or above.

All temporary agency staff are employed in accordance with the Agency Workers Regulations, which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.

The Home Office only keeps information on the legal minimum standards of pay of staff employed by organisations contracted to provide services within the Home Office and does not keep information specifically on the Living Wage.