§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each constituency the number and percentage of adults in full-time work who received a wage increase in April 1999 as a consequence of the introduction of the national minimum wage. [109686]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 1 February 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question regarding the number of full-time adults who received a wage increase in April 1999 as a consequence of the introduction of the national minimum wage. I am replying in Dr. Holt's absence.Estimates on the number of adults who received a wage increase as a consequence of the national minimum wage are not available since the ONS does not capture information on why or when pay increases are awarded.