Written Question·Treasury·UIN 76812
Living Wage: Income Tax
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025
Question
Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of employees who having received the National Living Wage increase in April 2025 have now begun to pay income tax.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe information is not available. HMRC does not hold information on hourly pay rates of Pay As You Earn taxpayers and therefore cannot identify which employees are in receipt of the National Living Wage (NLW).