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1151010

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff of his Department are paid less than the London Living Wage; and what requirements his Department places on contractors to pay the London Living Wage to London-based staff.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>None of the Department’s directly employed staff are paid less than the hourly rate of pay determined by the London Living Wage.</p><p>Information on rates of pay for people working for the Department’s third-party contractors is not held centrally. Rates of pay for people working for third-party contractors are determined by their respective employers and not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/10/2019 16:22:48 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1130554

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	261253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on rates of pay for people working for the Department’s suppliers is not held centrally. This information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>All suppliers are required to pay, as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/06/2019 14:52:26 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

972518

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	174108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Other than short-term interns, no directly employed staff are paid less than the hourly rate of pay determined by the Real Living Wage.</p><p>The Department follows the Government's best practice guidance relating to the minimum wage, work experience and internships and Living Wage accreditation does not require employers to pay the Living Wage to volunteers, apprentices or interns. At the end of August 2018 the Department employed 12 summer interns on contracts lasting no longer than 12 weeks. Interns employed on this basis, both inside and outside of Greater London, earned at least £9.36 per hour which is above the recommended national minimum wage of £7.38 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 09/10/2018 15:16:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

937783

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans for his Department to be accredited by the National Living Wage Foundation in relation to paying the real living wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	162606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no immediate plans to seek accreditation from the National Living Wage Foundation in relation to paying the real living wage. However, the Department does qualify to apply for the referenced accreditation as we do not employ anyone, either nationally or in London, that earns less than the hourly living wage rate for the respective areas as defined by the National Living Wage Foundation. A table highlighting the Department’s lowest hourly rate of pay in comparison to the current National Living Wage hourly rate is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Real Living Wage</p></td><td><p>MHCLG Min Hourly Rate (Net Contractual Hours)</p></td><td><p>MHCLG Min Hourly Rate (Gross Contractual Hours)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£10.20ph</p></td><td><p>£13.16ph</p></td><td><p>£11.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>£8.75ph</p></td><td><p>£11.30ph</p></td><td><p>£9.95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/07/2018 14:46:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

882639

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not employ any staff earning less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>One of our agencies, the Planning Inspectorate, currently has two agency staff employed on a temporary basis earning above the National Living Wage but less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. These staff will be paid the higher Living Wage Foundation rate after 12 weeks of employment.</p><p>Our other Executive Agency, the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, has no directly employed staff paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. On-site catering services are provided under an outsourced contract and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre has no responsibility for the level of pay determined for those employed as part of this contract.</p><p>Cleaning services and security to buildings managed by the Department are provided under outsourced facilities management contracts. Outsourced staff servicing the Department’s buildings that are not in London are currently paid the minimum of the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage.</p><p>Cleaning services and security to the Department’s headquarters based in 2 Marsham Street are provided under a contract managed by the Home Office, as major occupiers of this particular site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/04/2018 15:21:17 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead