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1695979

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of slowing wage growth on household finances and consumer spending; and what steps they are taking to mitigate any negative impact.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Real wages have increased for seven consecutive months and are 1.1% above their pre-pandemic level.</p><p>ONS retail sales volumes increased by 3.4% on the month in January, representing a full recovery of the decline seen in December 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/03/2024 11:35:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1676349

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on (a) how many people earn less than £38,700 a year in (i) Wales, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland and (b) what proportion of people earn less than that sum in each constituency in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	5738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not publish this information.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on employment income are published annually as part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-statistics-for-the-tax-year-2020-to-2021/personal-incomes-statistics-2020-to-2021-commentary" target="_blank">Survey of Personal Incomes</a>. Outturn data for the tax year 2020 to 2021 is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">Table 3.15</a> contains the latest constituency-level breakdown of taxpayer numbers. This covers individuals with employment income by Parliamentary Constituency. Breakdowns by country and region are also available in this table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/12/2023 14:39:31 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1676350

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people earn an annual salary less than £38,700 in each English constituency.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not publish this information.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on employment income are published annually as part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-statistics-for-the-tax-year-2020-to-2021/personal-incomes-statistics-2020-to-2021-commentary" target="_blank">Survey of Personal Incomes</a>. Outturn data for the tax year 2020 to 2021 is the latest available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/12/2023 12:03:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1654194

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the comments by the Governor of the Bank of England on pay restraint made in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	195084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Prime Minister’s pledge to grow the economy and halve inflation. We remain steadfast in our support for the Bank of England’s independent Monetary Policy Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Pay for most frontline workforces is set by the independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. On 13 July, the Government confirmed that it would be accepting the headline pay recommendations of the PRBs in full.</p><p> </p><p>Government borrowing to pay for things, such as public sector pay, boosts demand and in turn can increase inflationary pressure. That is why these pay uplifts will not be funded through any new borrowing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/09/2023 11:57:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1648203

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 6 of the Working Paper by the International Monetary Fund entitled Euro Area Inflation after the Pandemic and Energy Shock: Import Prices, Profits and Wages, published June 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the analysis by the Fund of the potential effect of the level of corporate profits on real wages; and if he will take steps to limit the potential inflationary impact of corporate profits on wage growth.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	191405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>UK inflation has been affected by global factors, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affecting energy and food prices. The UK is not alone in facing these challenges, advanced economies across the world are feeling the impact of inflation.</p><p> </p><p>That is why halving inflation is one of the Prime Minister’s top priorities. Evidence that corporate profits play a role is inconclusive. The independent Competition and Markets Authority have authority to intervene if they find evidence of anti-competitive conduct or competition law is breached.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 191242 191243 191402 191403 191404 question first answered 04/07/2023 11:05:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1647544

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 23 of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee's Monetary Policy Summary and the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting ending on 21 June 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of increases in annual pay growth in (a) higher-paid sectors and (b) lower-paid sectors.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	190986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates that annual total pay growth (including bonuses) was 6.5% in the three months to April.</p><p> </p><p>The National Living and Minimum Wage rate was adjusted this April, in line with the recommendation from the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). In light of this, we expect to see over 2 million workers earn a pay rise, and a further 4 million workers could indirectly benefit from said rise. We expect this increase to the minimum wage will put more money in the pockets of over 2.5 million of the lowest-paid people in the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is halving inflation this year, on the path back to the target of 2% CPI. Our commitment to this target is iron-clad and it applies at all times. The Bank of England has the Government's full support as they take action to return inflation to this target through their independent monetary policy decisions, in line with the primacy of price stability in the Government’s monetary policy objective. The Monetary Policy Committee will continue to monitor closely indications of persistent inflationary pressures in the economy as a whole, including the tightness of labour market conditions and the behaviour of wage growth and services price inflation.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 190987 question first answered 03/07/2023 12:33:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1647545

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference paragraph 39 of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee's Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting ending on 21 June 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of that report's predictions for the rate of average weekly earnings growth for the rest of 2023.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	190987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates that annual total pay growth (including bonuses) was 6.5% in the three months to April.</p><p> </p><p>The National Living and Minimum Wage rate was adjusted this April, in line with the recommendation from the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). In light of this, we expect to see over 2 million workers earn a pay rise, and a further 4 million workers could indirectly benefit from said rise. We expect this increase to the minimum wage will put more money in the pockets of over 2.5 million of the lowest-paid people in the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is halving inflation this year, on the path back to the target of 2% CPI. Our commitment to this target is iron-clad and it applies at all times. The Bank of England has the Government's full support as they take action to return inflation to this target through their independent monetary policy decisions, in line with the primacy of price stability in the Government’s monetary policy objective. The Monetary Policy Committee will continue to monitor closely indications of persistent inflationary pressures in the economy as a whole, including the tightness of labour market conditions and the behaviour of wage growth and services price inflation.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 190986 question first answered 03/07/2023 12:33:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1582228

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of below inflation pay rises on household disposable income.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	136639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>Since mid-2021, UK inflation has been pushed higher by global pressures, such as supply chain disruptions from Covid-19, and pressures following Russia’s war against Ukraine. More recently, tightening in the labour market, rising wages and other input prices for firms mean that domestic factors are playing a bigger role. As a result, consumer price inflation was 10.5% in December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Wages have also grown but remain lower than current levels of inflation.</p><p>Total annual pay growth increased to 6.4% in the three months to November 2022, significantly above pre-pandemic average growth of 3.4% (2019 average).</p><p> </p><p>Below inflation wage growth has led to a fall in real household disposable income. Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show real household disposable income decreased by 2.6% on the year in Q3 2022. The OBR, in its November 2022 forecast, expected real household disposable income to fall in 2022 and 2023, and start increasing from Q4 2023.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 03/02/2023 08:24:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1581789

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were served with a Notice of Underpayment between 1 January and 31 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC continues to crack down on employers who ignore the law, ensuring that workers receive the wages they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of penalties issued by HMRC to employers in breach of National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation is published routinely by financial years. Table 1 in the link below provides this data for each financial year between 2010/2011 – 2020/2021. The data for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 has not yet been published.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074680/nlw-nmw-enforcement-compliance-statistics.xlsx" target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074680/nlw-nmw-enforcement-compliance-statistics.xlsx</em></a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of Notices of Underpayment (NoUs) issued for each financial year between 2010/2011 – 2020/2021 is in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of NoUs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>1,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>1,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data covering the year 2022/2023 has not been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 135267 136645 136647 question first answered 07/02/2023 18:00:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1506504

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of labour on levels of pay.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Labour demand remains strong. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in the three months to July, its lowest rate since 1974. Redundancies are close to record lows, 40% below pre-pandemic levels.</p><p>The latest data indicates that nominal pay growth was 5.5% in three months to July.</p><p>There are now more vacancies (up 54% on pre-pandemic levels) than unemployed people for the first time. The Growth Plan announces measures to get more people back into work which, together with the agenda to boost productivity, will drive higher employment, wages and economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/09/2022 14:13:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell