Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2015 to Question 5553, how many of the outsourced staff working for his Department's contractors and their service partners outside London who are paid at or below the Living Wage are paid (a) the Living Wage and (b) less than the Living Wage.

By working with contractors, we have ensured all staff in London are paid the Living Wage. We are currently I discussions aimed at ensuring the same is true in all sites across the country.