Ministry of Justice: Liverpool City Region
(asked on 17th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies in the Liverpool City Region on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wages Foundation; and how many such people are employed on zero-hours contracts.
The table below shows the number of staff directly employed by the Department or its executive agencies who are paid less than the living wage (LW) as defined by the Living Wage Foundation, none of which are employed on zero hours contracts. This data is shown as at 30th September 2016.
| Number below living wage | Total headcount in Liverpool region |
MoJ inc MoJ HQ, HMCTS, OPG, CICA and LAA. | 17 | 618 |
NOMS (including the National Probation Service) | 12 | 834 |
The MoJ contractors supplying the provision of Contingent Labour Services have confirmed that 27 agency staff are paid less than the Living Wage in the Liverpool City Region.