Question follow-through · 906798

Minimum Wage

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will receive the increased National Minimum Wage.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
9 Dec 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will receive the increased National Minimum Wage.

  2. 9 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    From 1 April 2026, around 2.7m low-paid workers are expected to benefit from the uplifts to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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