Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.

G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:

All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.