Department for Work and Pensions: Pay

(asked on 12th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's employees are paid (a) at and (b) above the Real Living Wage.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 19th December 2023

This following is based on the Real Living Wage rates of UK £12.00 per hour and £13.15 per hour for London as of 13 December 2023.

In response to the question raised the proportion of DWP colleagues in relation to the Real Living Wage is as follows:

a) No DWP employees are paid at the Real Living Wage.

b) 99.93% of employees are paid above the Real Living Wage.

This Government is committed to paying people a decent living wage, which is being addressed through the statutory National Living Wage. The Real Living Wage is not a statutory requirement unlike the National Living Wage, which applies to those aged 23 and over. From 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage increased to £10.42 an hour. All DWP employees are paid above this rate.

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