§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated cost is in 2003–04 to her Department, agencies and the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible of the increase in the national minimum wage from £4.20 per hour to £4.50 per hour. [110445]
§ Dr. HowellsThere would be no increase in paybill costs in DCMS and the Royal Parks Agency because all staff are paid at a higher hourly rate than the £4.50 per hour national minimum wage.
444WDCMS does not hold central paybill records for non-departmental public bodies. To provide this information could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.