Question follow-through · 16970
Minimum Wage: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing minimum pay age bands for the National Minimum Wage on youth (a) inactivity and (b) unemployment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing minimum pay age bands for the National Minimum Wage on youth (a) inactivity and (b) unemployment.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Dec 2024
Answer published
In April 2025, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for workers aged 18 to 20, workers under 18, and apprentices will increase significantly – narrowing the gap between those rates and the National Living Wage.The impact of wage levels on youth employmen...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Employment
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Jobcentres
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Employment
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted a sectoral analysis of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on employment levels.
Unemployment: Young People
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
Labour Market: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the labour market in (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.