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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.

Asked by
Justin Madders (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 June 2019
Reference
261254
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of staff in his Department in London that are paid less than the London living wage.

Asked by
Jim Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 June 2019
Reference
263053
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to (a) introduce the real living wage in all Government Departments and (b) seek accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.

Asked by
David Linden (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
24 April 2019
Reference
910475; 658 c730
House
House of Commons

I am pleased to tell the House that from 1 April, the Government increased the national living wage by almost 5% to £8.21 per hour, which gives an annual pay rise of almost £700 to full-time workers on the national living wage. That is our preferred approach to addressing low pay across both the public and private sectors.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 April 2019
Reference
658 c730
House
House of Commons

I find it extraordinary how the hon. Gentleman denigrates the national living wage. The national living wage has handed a pay rise of £3,000 to the lowest-paid workers since it was introduced, and it is rising faster than the real living wage. In respect of under-25s, we need flexibility for younger workers, to help them get into the labour market. That is a sensible compromise.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 April 2019
Reference
658 c730
House
House of Commons

Relations with IPSA are a matter for the Leader of the House, not for a Cabinet Office Minister such as myself, but I have heard the hon. Gentleman’s representations and I am sure the Leader of the House will have heard them as well.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 April 2019
Reference
658 c730
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of civil servants employed directly or indirectly by the Government (a) inside and (b) outside of Greater London that are paid below the London Living Wage.

Asked by
Jim Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2019
Reference
234079
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to introduce the real living wage in all Government Departments and to seek accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.

Asked by
Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2019
Reference
909765; 656 cc328-9
House
House of Commons

We are addressing this issue through the application of the statutory national minimum wage and the national living wage, based on the advice of the Low Pay Commission. From April, the national living wage will rise again, from £7.83 to £8.21 per hour, handing a full-time worker a further £690 annual pay rise.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
13 March 2019
Reference
656 c328
House
House of Commons

I am sorry to hear the hon. Lady referring to the national living wage as bogus. It is a very proud achievement of this Government and it is actually rising faster this year than the real living wage. Over the past three years, since it was introduced, the national living wage has handed the lowest paid workers a pay rise of almost £3,000.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
13 March 2019
Reference
656 c329
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2019 to Question 211108, whether Interserve FM ltd are contractually required to pay their employees the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2019
Reference
214493
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and...

Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 January 2019
Reference
211108
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff at the (a) Boundary Commission for England, (b) Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, (c) Crown Commercial Service, (d) Government Property Agency and (e) Privy Council Office (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below...

Asked by
Catherine West (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 January 2019
Reference
208379
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff at the (a) Boundary Commission for England, (b) Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, (c) Crown Commercial Service, (d) Government Property Agency and (e) Privy Council Office (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below...

Asked by
Catherine West (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 January 2019
Reference
208380
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to introduce the real living wage across all Government Departments and to seek accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.

Asked by
Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
19 December 2018
Reference
908297; 651 cc777-8
House
House of Commons

We are addressing this issue through the application of the statutory national minimum wage and the national living wage. This is based on the advice of the Low Pay Commission. From April, the national living wage will rise again—from £7.83 to £8.21 per hour—handing a full-time worker a further £690 annual pay rise.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 December 2018
Reference
651 c777
House
House of Commons

The hon. Lady is absolutely correct: we do continue to talk about employment, because 2 million jobs have been created under this Government. On the point about the national living wage, we were of course the first Government actually to introduce a national living wage. The aim is that that will rise to 60% of median income by 2020, and it is actually rising faster than the real living wage.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 December 2018
Reference
651 c778
House
House of Commons

I think the hon. Gentleman is a little dismissive of the national living wage, which, since it was introduced, has led to a pay rise for people on the lowest incomes of almost £3,000 a year. It is rising faster than his proposal, and it will reach 60% of median income by 2020. Post that, we will look again at further increases.

Answered by
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 December 2018
Reference
651 c778
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of SMEs contracted by central government to provide goods and services pay the living wage.

Asked by
Jon Trickett (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 2018
Reference
185522
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.

Asked by
Gareth Snell (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
173670
House
House of Commons