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<p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 1,440 civil servants based in London
earning less than £11.05 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2021
there were an estimated 29,100 civil servants based outside London (including overseas)
earning less than £9.90 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay for civil servants
below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine.
In April 2022, the National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, however at the
reference point for these figures (31st March 2021) it was £8.72 an hour.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach
66% of median UK earnings by 2024. Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative
increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These
figures are estimates based on full-time equivalent gross salary earnings, working
hours, and location information collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment
Survey as at 31st March 2021. A small proportion of civil servants do not have a reported
location or salary in this centrally held data, and have not been included in these
figures. Information on earnings of the broader public sector and all those indirectly
employed by the Government is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These
estimates may differ from those calculated by aggregating figures directly requested
from individual departments.</p><p> </p>
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