Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 190187
Minimum Wage: Apprentices
Tabled: 19 June 2023
Answered: 26 June 2023
Question
Charlotte Nichols
Labour — Warrington North
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to bring the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate in line with the National Minimum Wage.
Answer
Kevin HollinrakeThe Apprentice National Minimum Wage rate is set to acknowledge the costs to employers and the benefits to young people in apprenticeships. The Apprentice rate increased by 9.7% to £5.28 in April 2023. This increase maintains parity with the Under 18 National Minimum Wage rate.