Question follow-through · 121700

Minimum Wage: Blackley and Middleton South

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of young workers in Blackley and Middleton South who will be effected by (a) the delay in aligning the Minimum Wage with other workers and (b) the total estimate

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
25 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of young workers in Blackley and Middleton South who will be effected by (a) the delay in aligning the Minimum Wage with other workers and (b) the total estimate

  2. 23 Mar 2026

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  3. 25 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Data on the effects of the National Minimum Wage at constituent level is not held. However, in the North West an estimated 30,000 on the 18–20 rate are expected to benefit from the 8.5% increase of the 18-20-year-old National Minimum Wage on 1 April.The g...

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