§ Pete WishartTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will estimate the impact of increasing the minimum wage(a) in line with average earnings, (b) to £4.17 per hour, (c) to £4.87 per hour, (d) to £5.00 per hour and (e) to £5.30 per hour, on the cost of salaries of departmental employees (i) in total and (ii) for each nation of the United Kingdom in the next financial year. [90598]
§ Dr. HowellsThere would be no impact on the cost of salaries of DCMS employees in any of the scenarios(a) to (e) as all DCMS employees are paid at a higher hourly rate than £5.30 per hour. All DCMS employees work in England.