Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 16452

Living Wage

Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people who earn the national living wage in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) estimate that 2.9% of full-time employee jobs and 12.0% of part-time employee jobs were covered by the relevant National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rate in 2023. The LPC will publish updated analysis in early 2025.