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WQ.105/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 15th MARCH 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 22nd MARCH 2021
Question
Further to his response to Written Question 143/2019, will the Chief Minister advise –
- how many of the contracts for services which were stated as being "currently under review" have been reviewed in the past year;
- what those contracts of services were for;
- which companies were awarded the contracts;
- whether in all cases workers are being paid the living wage (currently £10.94 per hour), and if not, why not; and
- what number of contracts for service are due to be reviewed between now and June 2022?
Answer
- As advised in our responses WQ.444/2019 and WQ.450/2020 Commercial Services do not hold all service contracts where the Living Wage criteria may be applicable. From the records held there were 13 agreements that were reviewed in 2020, that met the criteria outlined for the Living Wage.
- and (c) combined in the following table: -
Location | Supplier (c) | Contract Type (b) |
St Saviour | Complete Facilities | Cleaning |
La Sente - KS3 | Complete Facilities | Cleaning |
La Sente - KS4 | Complete Facilities | Cleaning |
Rouge Bouillion | Q3 | Cleaning |
The Bridge | Q3 | Cleaning |
Grouville | Q3 | Cleaning |
Springfield | Q3 | Cleaning |
Les Quennevais | Complete Facilities | Cleaning |
Hautlieu | Caring Cooks | Catering |
Victoria College | Caring Cooks | Catering |
Grand Vaux | Caring Cooks | Catering |
Haute Vallee | Caring Cooks | Catering |
Grainville | Caring Cooks | Catering |
- The Living Wage terms were applied to all the contracts listed in the table above.
- There are 39 contracts due to be reviewed during 2021/22 where the Living Wage terms are likely to be applicable. All 39 of these contracts include an existing contractual requirement to comply with the Living Wage criteria, so it will not be necessary to factor this into a future review. The Living Wage contractual clauses were outlined in WQ.450/2020.
The Commercial Team are unaware of any contracts that do not include the Living Wage criteria, where appropriate. All new agreements will be subject to the contractual terms that define the Living Wage as a requirement.
In 2021 Commercial Services are planning to roll out a new third party code of conduct which will also incorporate Living Wage.