Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 1133

Living Wage

Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024

Question

Tracy Gilbert

LabourEdinburgh North and Leith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people w

Answer

Justin Madders
The minimum wage has been one of the most effective and successful policy interventions of the last 25 years. The Government is committed to delivering a genuine living wage for working people, and removing the discriminatory age bands, so that all adults...

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