Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 53107

Hospitality Industry: Minimum Wage

Tabled: 19 May 2025

Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the minimum wage on the trends in levels of hospitality workers.

Answer

Justin Madders

The Government published an Impact Assessment (IA) for the 2025 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NLW) rates, which includes a breakdown of the expected impacts by sector. The IA also sets out the economic literature to date, which shows tha...

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