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<p>A new statutory National Living Wage was announced in the 2015 summer budget for
those aged 25 and over. DWP pays all direct employees at least the statutory National
Living Wage, regardless of age.</p><p>a) There are no individuals directly employed
by DWP in the Liverpool City Region who are paid below the rate promoted by the Living
Wage Foundation. There are no directly employed individuals on zero-hours contracts.</p><p>b)
DWP’s temporary agency staff are employed in line with Agency Workers Regulations
which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks. These specialists
are usually involved in a defined package of work or project and are not engaged on
zero hour contracts.</p><p>c) The department’s Estate is provided by Telereal Trillium
under the outsourced PRIME contract. Services are delivered through a number of service
partners. All Telereal Trillium and service partner staff employed both within or
outside London are paid at, or in excess of, the corresponding National Living Wage.</p><p>DWP
employs a range of trusted third party contractors to provide Office support services
– this includes 856 staff who whilst earning more than the Government’s National Living
Wage earn less than The Living Wage Foundation’s rate of £8.25 ph, of these 52 are
on casual contracts ( not zero hours). It is not possible to confirm the numbers located
in the Liverpool City Region.</p><p>For all other categories of spend, information
shows that staff are in receipt of the National Living Wage or higher and are not
employed on zero hour contracts.</p>
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