HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc910-1W
Mr. Best

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the number of young people in Leeds who will benefit from the introduction of the minimum wage for 16 to 18-year-olds. [167778]

Mr. Sutcliffe

The Government recently accepted the Low Pay Commission's recommendation that 16 and 17-year-olds should be covered by a new National Minimum Wage of £3.00 per hour, from October 2004.

It is not possible to provide an estimate specifically for Leeds because of small sample size. However, the number of people in the UK who stand to benefit from the new rate is likely to be in the low 10s of thousands.

Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many workers in Burnley have benefited from the national minimum wage. [167895]

Mr. Sutcliffe

It is not possible to provide estimates specifically for the constituency of Burnley. However, based on the Office for National Statistics' Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that around 140,000 people in the North West stood to benefit from the introduction of the National Minimum Wage in April 1999. Between 130,000 and 160,000 people were expected to have benefited from the October 2003 uprating of the National Minimum Wage.

Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the(a) name, (b) industry, (c) number of employees and (d) geographical locations of those employers formally issued with enforcement notices for not complying with the national minimum wage provisions. [166751]

Mr. Sutcliffe

The Inland Revenue have issued 495 enforcement notices against employers, since the minimum wage was introduced in April 1999.

A breakdown of information is not available in the format you have requested. For reasons of confidentiality, the Inland Revenue does not reveal the identity of the names of employers.

We will be writing to the hon. Member with further details.

Helen Southworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many workers in Warrington South have benefited from the national minimum wage. [168704]

Mr. Sutcliffe

It is not possible to provide estimates specifically for the constituency of Warrington South. However, based on the Office for National Statistics' Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that around 140,000 people in the North West stood to benefit from the introduction of the National Minimum Wage in April 1999. Between 130,000 and 160,000 people were expected to have benefited from the October 2003 uprating of the National Minimum Wage.

James Purnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many workers in Stalybridge and Hyde have benefited from the national minimum wage. [168745]

Mr. Sutcliffe

It is not possible to provide estimates specifically for the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde. However, based on the Office for National Statistics' Low Pay data released in 2003, the DTI estimates that around 140,000 people in the North West stood to benefit from the introduction of the National Minimum Wage in April 1999. Between 130,000 and 160,000 people were expected to have benefited from the October 2003 up-rating of the National Minimum Wage.