Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 1 April 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of jobs in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England are paid the National Living Wage or National Minimum Wage for employees aged 16 to 24.
Through the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. Workers under the age of 25 are entitled to one of the National Minimum Wage rates, which are set as high as possible without damaging young people’s employment prospects.
From April 2019, those aged 16-24 will benefit from inflation-beating increases in the youth rates. About 271,000 workers under the age of 25 in England are expected to be covered by one of the National Minimum Wage rates, including 36,000 in the East Midlands. The Government has not published figures for Nottinghamshire for 2019. However, about 3,800 workers aged 16 or over were on the National Living Wage or the National Minimum Wage in Ashfield in April 2018, representing 9% of the constituency’s workforce.
The Government also commends employers who are able to pay above the minimum. According to the independent Low Pay Commission, more than nine in ten workers under the age of 25 were paid above their age-applicable National Minimum Wage rate in the UK in April 2018.
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