PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Pay (4 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in her Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of the (i) UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London Living Wage inside of Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office can confirm that no direct employee is paid an hourly rate less than that determined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Records for contractors and agency workers are not held centrally. To produce this data would incur disproportionate cost.

Details of hourly rates of pay, for directly employed staff, contractors and agency workers in our Agencies and Public Bodies is not held centrally. To obtain and produce this data would incur disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Dame Amanda Milling (Conservative)
7 July 2022