HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 c959W
11. Mr. David Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the number of people benefiting from the recent uprating of the national minimum wage. [163443]

Mr. Sutcliffe

Based on the Office for National Statistics' Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that between 1.6 million and 1.9 million people in the UK stand to benefit from the October 2004 uprating of the national minimum wage which was announced last week.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the number of people benefiting from the recent uprating of the national minimum wage. [163569]

Mr. Sutcliffe

Based on the Office for National Statistics Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that between 1.6 million and 1.9 million people in the UK stand to benefit from the October 2004 uprating of the National Minimum Wage which was announced last week.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the number of(a) adults, (b) 16 and 17-year-olds and (c) households in Leeds West that will benefit from the minimum wage rise in October 2004. [162606]

Mr. Sutcliffe

DTI analysis of low pay data from the Office for National Statistics suggests that between 180,000 to 210,000 workers in Yorkshire and the Humber stand to benefit from the October 2004 uprating of the national minimum wage. More detailed information by constituency is not possible using the data available. Information on 16 to 17-year-olds and on households is neither available by region nor by constituency due to small sample size.