§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many calls were made to the minimum wage hotline in each month since its inception. [143423]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe following table gives the number of calls made to the national minimum wage telephone helpline for each month since the national minimum wage was introduced on 1 April 1999.
1999 2000 January — 4,308 February — 5,154 March — 6,461 April 40,715 6,480 May 11,919 6,879 June 10,473 8,779 July 8,409 6,069 August 5,906 5,145 September 6,405 8,566 October 5,204 9,159 November 5,138 4,577 December 2,878 — In addition, a private sector helpline took some 50,000 calls between January and March 1999.