Department for Business and Trade: Living Wage

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body

Department for Business and Trade

Tabled

25 Nov 2024

Target answer date

28 Nov 2024

Answer

28 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 25 Nov 2024

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employees in his Department are paid the National Living Wage.

2. 28 Nov 2024

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 28 Nov 2024

   Answer published

   There are currently no employees in DBT who are paid at the level of the National Living Wage or the National Minimum Wage.

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.