Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 95998

Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Poole

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Budget Statement on 26 November 2025, what estimate his Department has made of how many workers in the Poole constituency will benefit from the planned increase in (a) the Nationa

Answer

Kate Dearden
Around 2.4 million workers are expected to receive a pay rise due to the increase to the NLW on 1 April 2026. In total, around 2.7 million workers are expected to receive a pay rise due to increases to the NMW and NLW on April 2026.The Government will pub...

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