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<p>As Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, I work with the Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the annual remit for the Low Pay Commission
(LPC), who are responsible for making recommendations to the government about minimum
rates of pay including the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage.</p><p>The government implemented
in full the LPC’s 2019 recommendations. These included an apprentice rate as well
as taking into account the long-term benefits that apprentices derive from training,
the needs of employers and individual sectors and wider labour market pressures.</p><p>The
current Apprentice National Minimum Wage rate rose to £3.90 per hour in April 2019,
up from £3.70 per hour. This is a 5.4% increase and the apprentice rate is now at
a record high in nominal and real terms. The LPC estimate that this rise will benefit
up to 36,000 apprentices.</p>
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