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1718618

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports of a discrepancy between wage growth and pay settlements, what steps they are taking to (1) ensure fair compensation for workers, and (2) address income disparities across different sectors of the economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is part of our wider commitment to ensuring a labour market that works for everyone, both in terms of fair pay and fair working conditions.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2024, the Government increased the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 years to £11.44 an hour. We are pleased to confirm that this record cash increase of £1.02 per hour means we will hit the target for the National Living Wage to equal two-thirds of median earnings for those aged 21 and over in 2024. This will end low hourly pay for this group.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:43 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1713860

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to enable employees to use salary sacrifice schemes that reduce their cash earnings below National Minimum Wage rates.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	23678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The law prevents employers from reducing pay below the National Minimum Wage through salary sacrifice schemes and pay deductions where this is in some way for the employer's own use and benefit. Such a benefit could derive from a reduction in the employer's National Insurance contributions. This remains the case even if the worker chooses to participate in such a scheme.</p><p>The Government is not currently considering changing this legislation. It is important that we continue to prevent exploitation from unscrupulous employers and harm to vulnerable workers. It is the responsibility of all employers to understand and follow these rules.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 03/05/2024 10:30:08 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

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

1676578

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median gross hourly pay of workers was by nationality in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 8th December is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 5997 question first answered 18/12/2023 17:51:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ5989_5997.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676581

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average gross hourly pay was of (a) men and (b) women whose ethnicity was (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Indian, (iv) Pakistani/Bangladeshi and (v) Black in each year since 1993.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th December is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ5991.pdf title UK Statistics Authority 2 file name PQ5991 dataset (1).xlsx title 5991 dataset question first answered 18/12/2023 17:53:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

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