HC Deb 03 April 2001 vol 366 c171W
20. Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland will benefit from the uprating of the national minimum wage. [155190]

Mr. Foulkes

The increase in the adult national minimum wage to £4.10 per hour from October 2001 will benefit at least 120,000 people across Scotland, many of them women and people who work part-time.