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Written question asked by Jim Murphy (Labour) on Monday, 16 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 March 2015 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Living Wage

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of staff (a) of his Department and (b) working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.

Answer

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.

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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227665
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Scotland Office Living wage
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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