George Eustice corrected a written answer on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies

24 January 2019 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Catherine West (Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green) asked written question 208407 on 14 January 2019. George Eustice answered on 22 January 2019 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and George Eustice corrected the answer on 24 January 2019. The figure £8.75 in the original became £9.00 in the correction. Altogether 3 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff at the (a) Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, (b) Animal and Plant Health Agency, (c) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (d) Rural Payments Agency and (e) Veterinary Medicines Doctorate (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The table below shows the number of staff paid below the London Living Wage, working inside and outside of Greater London, in the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Rural Payments Agency and Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Organisation \| Inside Greater London \| Outside Greater London Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board \| N/A \| 6 Animal and Plant Health Agency \| 0 \| 7 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science \| N/A \| 71 Rural Payments Agency \| 0 \| 0 Veterinary Medicines Directorate \| N/A \| 0 All permanent staff working outside of Greater London are paid above both the National Living Wage (£7.83 per hour) and non-London Living Wage ~~(£8.75~~ per hour).	The table below shows the number of staff paid below the London Living Wage, working inside and outside of Greater London, in the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Rural Payments Agency and Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Organisation \| Inside Greater London \| Outside Greater London Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board \| N/A \| 6 Animal and Plant Health Agency \| 0 \| 7 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science \| N/A \| 71 Rural Payments Agency \| 0 \| 0 Veterinary Medicines Directorate \| N/A \| 0 All permanent staff working outside of Greater London are paid above both the National Living Wage (£7.83 per hour) and non-London Living Wage ( £9.00 per hour).

Original

Corrected

The table below shows the number of staff paid below the London Living Wage, working inside and outside of Greater London, in the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Rural Payments Agency and Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
Organisation
| Inside Greater London
| Outside Greater London
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
| N/A
| 6
Animal and Plant Health Agency
| 0
| 7
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
| N/A
| 71
Rural Payments Agency
| 0
| 0
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
| N/A
| 0
All permanent staff working outside of Greater London are paid above both the National Living Wage (£7.83 per hour) and non-London Living Wage ~~(£8.75~~ per hour).

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