<p>The Department has no staff who are paid less than the London or national living wage.</p><p>DECC has received assurances from its key suppliers that they have no workers currently in post earning less than the London or national living wage guidelines. The</p><p>rates payable by DECC's key suppliers are in line with the GPS framework fees agreed centrally across the civil service.</p><p>DECC has not employed staff on zero hours contracts.</p><p>DECC is also signed into a larger Shared Services contract through the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to provide facilities management (FM) and catering services. There are 21 staff working for the FM contractor and six working for the catering contractor who receive less than the London living wage and are based primarily in DECC buildings.</p><p>DECC's arm’s lengths bodies advised with regards to paying less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage and also with regards to direct employees employed on zero hours contracts that:</p><p>The Civil Nuclear Police Authority, (CNPA) do not have any employees earning below the living wage. The CNPA is responsible for their own staffing arrangements. They review their use of such contracts regularly. Currently the CNPA have one FTE zero hours contract in effect. The zero hours contract is a long standing flexible arrangement (beginning under UKAEAC and therefore prior to 2004).</p><p>The Coal Authority (CA) have no employees on zero hours contracts or who are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage.</p><p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) confirmed that no workers are paid less than the living wage and they do not retain employees on zero hours contracts.</p><p>The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) confirmed that no workers are paid less than the living wage and they do not retain employees on zero hours contracts.</p>