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<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) pays over and above the National Living Wage, which
was increased to £7.83 per hour in April 2018. The MOD has not formally signed up
to the Living Wage Rates of £8.75 (National) and £10.20 (London), as defined by the
Living Wage Foundation. In 2015 the then Secretary of State for Defence agreed that
all London-based staff should be paid at least the equivalent of the Living Wage Foundation's
London Living Wage rate. The MOD continues to pay above that rate.</p><p>As at 31
October 2018, a total of 9,965 MOD civilian staff were paid less than £10.20 per hour,
of which a total of 1,757 were paid less than £8.75 per hour.</p>
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