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Written question asked by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 December 2005. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


National Minimum Wage

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2005, Official Report, column 296W, on the national minimum wage, whether the 1.3 million figure quoted for those benefiting from the increase in the minimum wage refers to (a) individuals and (b) jobs.
Answer

The DTI estimated that 1.3 million individuals will be covered by the October 2005 uprating of the National Minimum Wage. This estimate was based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2004 taking into account earnings inflation from spring 2004 and October 2005.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
34642; 440 c1146W;440 c1146W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Minimum wage
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk