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Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of how many people will be paid the increased national living wage in April 2025.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
5 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of how many people will be paid the increased national living wage in April 2025.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    We estimate that over 3 million workers will receive a pay rise due to the increase in the National Living Wage in April 2025. The number of workers paid at the National Living Wage in April 2025 is expected to be lower as some of these workers will recei...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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