Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
(asked on 23rd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for his Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
This question was answered on 29th June 2015
a) All staff directly employed by DWP and its arms length bodies are paid above the Living Wage.
b) DWP’s temporary agency staff are employed in line with Agency Workers Regulations which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.
c) There are currently 3,936 outsourced staff working for DWP contractors and their Service Partners who are paid at or below the Living Wage.