Equal Pay

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 10 August 2016.

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Photo of Helen Jones Helen Jones Chair, Petitions Committee, Chair, Petitions Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the introduction of the new minimum wage on (a) evening and weekend working pay rates for women and (b) gender pay equality.

Photo of Margot James Margot James Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

The Government has published an impact assessment on the introduction of the National Living Wage here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf

In addition, more recent HM Treasury analysis[1] shows that the National Living Wage is expected to eradicate the gender pay gap for the lowest paid (at the 10th percentile) by 2020.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/today-britain-gets-a-pay-rise-thanks-to-the-national-living-wage

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