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<p>There are no direct Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) employees
paid less than the living wage, either nationally or in London.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>We do not hold details centrally of all the staff working for companies contracted
by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS has no plans to require their
contractors to pay the Living Wage. We would encourage them to do so if it was affordable
but this must be a decision for the contractors themselves. On the 1st April 2014
the Secretary of State increased the wages of the lowest paid contractors to £7.85.</p><p>
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