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During the 2006-07 academic year the Cambridge Universities Labour Club made a series of Freedom of Information requests to colleges around Cambridge. Below is a table showing how each college stacks up, with the top of the table paying least people less than a living wage, and the bottom of the table paying the most people an unfair wage.

Table last updated: 12th February 2007

First Division

Rank	College	Number of employees paid less than £6.50 an hour
1	Fitzwilliam	0
2	Darwin	2
3	Christ's	7+
4	Homerton	10
5	Selwyn	12
6	Corpus Christi	16
6	St. Edmunds	16

Second Division

Rank	College	Number of employees paid less than £6.50 an hour
8	Jesus College	25
9	Robinson	29
10	Peterhouse	30
11	Lucy Cavendish	33
12	Clare	35
13	Trinity Hall	36
14	Queens	37

Third Division

Rank	College	Number of employees paid less than £6.50 an hour
15	Pembroke	40
16	Gonville and Caius	43
13	Sidney Sussex	44
18	New Hall	45
18	Newnham	45
20	St. Catharine's	49
21	Trinity	55
22	Wolfson	60

Fourth Division (Worst offenders)

Rank	College	Number of employees paid less than £6.50 an hour
23	Magdelene	64
24	Girton	67
25	St. John's	92
26	Downing	93
27	Churchill	95
28	King's	134
29	Hughes Hall	No reply
30	Clare Hall	No reply

FOI Responses

Peterhouse response to FOI request: "I have been asked to contact you on behalf of our Freedom of Information Officer. He would appreciate it if you could provide definitions of non-academic employees and support staff in order that your enquiries may be answered properly."

St. Catharine's response to FOI request: "We do not intend to ask for a contribution to our costs on this occasion."