The House of Commons is an accredited London Living Wage Employer. In order to obtain our accreditation, the House has to satisfy the Living Wage Foundation that no directly employed or contracted workers engaged to work on the Parliamentary Estate are paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW), currently £9.15 an hour.<\/p>
All contractors and their sub-contractors with staff based in London providing services to the House have agreed to pay at least the London Living Wage to those of their staff working on contracts for the House; or, in the case of staff working for contractors outside London, at least the Living Wage of £7.85 an hour. These contractual requirements are included within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Brake"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-12T09:15:38.883Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "18"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "House of Commons: Pay"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people employed by the House of Commons (a) directly and (b) indirectly are not receiving a wage of at least £7.85 an hour.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4420", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gavin Newlands"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Paisley and Renfrewshire North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gavin Newlands"} ], "uin" : "10568"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418961", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418961/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A late sitting can refer to either an occasion when the House sits beyond its likely scheduled rise (i.e. 10.30pm on Monday, 7.30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, 5.30pm on Thursday); or whenever the House sits beyond 10.00pm.<\/p>
Two types of payments are made to staff in order to support evening sittings, including late sittings: the Unsocial Hours Payment (UHP), an annual flat-rate allowance paid across the year to staff required to work to an unspecified time during evening sittings; and the Evening Additional Hours (EAH) payment which reflects the number of additional hours worked after 6pm, paid at a standard rate from 1800 to 2230 and at a higher rate after 2230. Additionally, in certain circumstances overtime may be paid to staff which may or may not be related to the House\u2019s sitting hours. These payments are not reflected in this answer as the records do not indicate in which circumstances they were made to support late sittings. A late night taxi service is provided to staff who are required to work late; this service is only available after 2300.<\/p>
Security staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service and are paid in accordance with their terms and conditions of employment.<\/p>
The costs of UHP, EAH and the late night taxi service in each year since 2010\u201311 was as follows:<\/p>
Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Unsocial Hours Allowance*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Evening hours payment*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Travel Costs<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Cost<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010\u20132011<\/p><\/td> £373,409.48<\/p><\/td> £473,171.13<\/p><\/td> £376,892.69<\/p><\/td> £1,223,473.29<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011\u20132012<\/p><\/td> £345,556.57<\/p><\/td> £503,810.57<\/p><\/td> £369,859.62<\/p><\/td> £1,219,226.77<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012\u20132013<\/p><\/td> £334,516.90<\/p><\/td> £433,007.60<\/p><\/td> £264,314.70<\/p><\/td> £1,031,839.20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013\u20132014<\/p><\/td> £333,091.84<\/p><\/td> £412,079.02<\/p><\/td> £239,546.70<\/p><\/td> £984,717.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014\u20132015<\/p><\/td> £367,756.14<\/p><\/td> £341,638.12<\/p><\/td> £141,814.10<\/p><\/td> £851,208.36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,754,303.93<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £2,163,706.44<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,392,427.81<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £5,310,465.18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> * Inclusive of NI and pension contributions<\/p> It is not possible meaningfully to equate these staffing costs related to evening sittings to an average overall cost per hour of late night sittings for two reasons: firstly, costs for other types of marginal expenditure related to late sittings, such as utilities charges, are not recorded separately; secondly, the staffing costs are paid to facilitate all sittings after 6.00pm, rather than \u201clate\u201d sittings specifically, whether defined as after 10.00pm or beyond the likely scheduled rise.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9407, what estimate the Commission has made of the cost of overtime payments to staff resulting from late sittings of the House in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A late sitting can refer to either an occasion when the House sits beyond its likely scheduled rise (i.e. 10.30pm on Monday, 7.30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, 5.30pm on Thursday); or whenever the House sits beyond 10.00pm.<\/p> Two types of payments are made to staff in order to support evening sittings, including late sittings: the Unsocial Hours Payment (UHP), an annual flat-rate allowance paid across the year to staff required to work to an unspecified time during evening sittings; and the Evening Additional Hours (EAH) payment which reflects the number of additional hours worked after 6pm, paid at a standard rate from 1800 to 2230 and at a higher rate after 2230. Additionally, in certain circumstances overtime may be paid to staff which may or may not be related to the House\u2019s sitting hours. These payments are not reflected in this answer as the records do not indicate in which circumstances they were made to support late sittings. A late night taxi service is provided to staff who are required to work late; this service is only available after 2300.<\/p> Security staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service and are paid in accordance with their terms and conditions of employment.<\/p> The costs of UHP, EAH and the late night taxi service in each year since 2010\u201311 was as follows:<\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Unsocial Hours Allowance*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Evening hours payment*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Travel Costs<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Cost<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010\u20132011<\/p><\/td> £373,409.48<\/p><\/td> £473,171.13<\/p><\/td> £376,892.69<\/p><\/td> £1,223,473.29<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011\u20132012<\/p><\/td> £345,556.57<\/p><\/td> £503,810.57<\/p><\/td> £369,859.62<\/p><\/td> £1,219,226.77<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012\u20132013<\/p><\/td> £334,516.90<\/p><\/td> £433,007.60<\/p><\/td> £264,314.70<\/p><\/td> £1,031,839.20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013\u20132014<\/p><\/td> £333,091.84<\/p><\/td> £412,079.02<\/p><\/td> £239,546.70<\/p><\/td> £984,717.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014\u20132015<\/p><\/td> £367,756.14<\/p><\/td> £341,638.12<\/p><\/td> £141,814.10<\/p><\/td> £851,208.36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,754,303.93<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £2,163,706.44<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,392,427.81<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £5,310,465.18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> * Inclusive of NI and pension contributions<\/p> It is not possible meaningfully to equate these staffing costs related to evening sittings to an average overall cost per hour of late night sittings for two reasons: firstly, costs for other types of marginal expenditure related to late sittings, such as utilities charges, are not recorded separately; secondly, the staffing costs are paid to facilitate all sittings after 6.00pm, rather than \u201clate\u201d sittings specifically, whether defined as after 10.00pm or beyond the likely scheduled rise.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9407, what the average cost per hour is of late sittings of the House.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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