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<p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff that join the Office
do so on an assignment, secondment or loan agreement from other Government bodies.
All staff on such arrangements are paid more than the rate defined by the Living Wage
Foundation.</p><p>The Scotland Office has one contract which provides security for
the office in Edinburgh. The Scotland Office does not set the wages paid by the contractors
to its workers; however, the wage paid by the contractor is above the national minimum
wage. Otherwise, the Office uses framework contracts for building services held by
the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p>
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