Department of Health and Social Care: Living Wage

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 14 June 2019.

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Photo of Justin Madders Justin Madders Labour, Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.

Photo of Caroline Dinenage Caroline Dinenage Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

From April 2016, the Government introduced a mandatory National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above. The statutory National Minimum Wage applies to workers under the age of 25. The standard selection questionnaire for all Departmental contracts requires suppliers to confirm they have not broken any labour laws.

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