Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

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

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

Mr Robert Goodwill

Only the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency directly employs security guards, employing 54 full time and part time security guards at a total salary cost of £868,475. All other security guards in the Department for Transport are employed and managed under outsourced contracts; pay data in such situations is not held by the Department.