HC Deb 10 June 1999 vol 332 cc387-8W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people in his Department and its associated bodies and agencies have benefited from the introduction of a national minimum wage. [86097]

Mr. Mudie

No staff have benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage. When it was introduced on 1 April 1999, all staff earned more than the minimum wage.