§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people aged(a) between 18 and 21 and (b) over 21 years of age are receiving the national minimum wage in Scotland, broken down by parliamentary constituency or nearest available area. [176733]
§ Mr. SutcliffeIt is not possible to provide estimates for individual parliamentary constituencies.
Based on the Office for National Statistics' Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that between 100,000 and 120,000 people in Scotland were expected to have benefited from the October 2003 up-rating of the national minimum wage. However, it is not possible to provide estimates specifically for the development rate because of small sample size.