Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 39755

Minimum Wage: Edinburgh North and Leith

Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Tracy Gilbert

LabourEdinburgh North and Leith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employees who will benefit from the increase in national minimum wage rates in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

Answer

Justin Madders
Approximately 200,000 employees in Scotland are expected to benefit from a direct pay rise due to the increases in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage in April 2025, according to the Government’s Impact Assessment. Constituency-level estima...

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