Question follow-through · 11006
Personal Care Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent increases in the minimum wage for 18-21 year olds on the financial sustainability of the hair and beauty sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent increases in the minimum wage for 18-21 year olds on the financial sustainability of the hair and beauty sector.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
We know this is a difficult time for businesses and workers alike, the Low Pay Commission are independent experts who conducts extensive consultation, analysis and evidence gathering when recommending the minimum wage rates.We asked the LPC to make progre...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fireworks: Hertfordshire
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with local councils to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks in Hertfordshire.
Fireworks: Anti-social Behaviour
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 on tackling the purchase of fireworks for anti-social use.
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