Question follow-through · 12298
Living Wage and Minimum Wage: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many workers aged above 16 years old are paid within 50p of the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 1 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 8 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many workers aged above 16 years old are paid within 50p of the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Low Pay Commission publishes a report that provides a coverage of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) each year, shortly before the rates are updated in April. The report provides a Local Authority and Regional breakdown of ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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