HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 c574W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people have phoned the minimum wage hotline. [101481]

Mr. Alan Johnson

Since the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on 1 April 1999 the helpline run by the Inland Revenue on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry has received some 95,000 calls. In addition, the NMW helpline arranged through the Central Office of Information took 50,000 inquiries in January to March 1999. The total number of calls received by NMW helplines is therefore over 145,000.