Public Sector: Pay

House of Lords written question – answered at on 6 January 2015.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Baroness Seccombe Baroness Seccombe Conservative

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of paying the Living Wage across the public sector.

Photo of Lord Deighton Lord Deighton The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury

The Government does not have an estimate of the cost of applying the living wage across the public sector.

The Government supports all employers who choose to pay the living wage and encourages businesses to pay the living wage where it is affordable.

For the pay review body workforces and central government the majority of pay scale points are above the living wage.

Does this answer the above question?

Yes1 person thinks so

No0 people think not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.