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1054575

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has estimated the value of wages unlawfully unpaid in the last year for which information is available by category of unlawfully unpaid wages.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	216363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>This Government does not hold estimates of the total value of wages unlawfully unpaid in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>Through enforcement of National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) law over the 2017/18 financial year, HM Revenue and Customs identified over £15.6 million in wage arrears, owed to over 200,000 workers. Government has increased HMRC’s enforcement budget again to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018-19.</p><p>Any worker who feels they have been underpaid should contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). Acas provides free and impartial information and advice on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where appropriate, Acas will refer complaints relating to minimum wage underpayment on to HMRC for enforcement action.</p><p>The Acas website is at <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.acas.org.uk</a> and the Acas helpline number is 0300 123 1100.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/02/2019 17:19:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 100518 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1036917

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of workers in the UK who are paid more than £21,000 a year.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL12559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Letter from </strong><strong>John Pullinger</strong><strong>, National Statistician, to The Lord Green, dated 9 January 2019.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Green,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what the estimate of the number of workers in the UK is who are paid more than £21,000 a year <strong>(HL12559).</strong></p><p>The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings [1] (ASHE), carried out in April each year is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. ASHE is used to produce estimates of the number of employee jobs, which are defined as those held by employees and not the self-employed. Please note that ASHE is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs taken from HM Revenue and Customs' Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records. Consequently, individuals with more than one job may appear in the sample more than once.</p><p>The estimate of employee jobs earning more than £21,000 per year in April 2018 [2] (the latest period for which ASHE estimates are available) in the UK is 12,826,000. This estimate includes apprentices and is based upon employees that have been in their current job for at least a year and are on an adult rate of pay. Yours sincerely, John Pullinger</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/previousReleases</a></p><p>[2] 2018 data are provisional.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 10/01/2019 16:27:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1012286

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has issued public information setting out the difference between the national minimum wage and the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring all employers pay their workers correctly. As part of our enforcement strategy, HMRC target workers and employers with information and advice.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018 we launched a £1.48 million campaign to raise awareness of NMW rules, particularly in sectors with a high risk of non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Full guidance setting out the difference between the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> and within the associated guidance document entitled ‘Calculating the National Minimum Wage’.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/11/2018 10:05:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

969049

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to replace the living wage and national minimum wage with one minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Through the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NMW) the Government protects the lowest paid within our society.</p><p>The Government sets differentiated and age-related minimum wage rates to protect younger workers who are more vulnerable to being unemployed than older workers.</p><p>These are set based on the independent and expert advice of the Low Pay Commission.</p><p>Since the NLW was introduced in April 2016, a full-time worker on the NLW will earn over £2,000 more than someone working the same hours on the 2015 NMW. In April this year, those aged 18-20 and 21-24 experienced the greatest rise in the NMW in a decade.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/09/2018 15:27:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

760048

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question HL1074, if he will publish figures for the estimated differential between public and private sector pay when employer pension contributions are excluded.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	10430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by HM Treasury shows that on average, when including employer pension contributions, there is a public sector pay premium of about 10%, and excluding employer pension contributions, public and private sector pay is, on average, now around the same level.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:33:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

752900

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3810, on pay, whether real earnings are expected to reduce between July 2017 and 2019.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility do not produce their forecast on a monthly basis, but do publish some variables on a quarterly basis in their supplementary economy tables. Using their forecast for consumer price inflation and average earnings, the level of real earnings is expected to rise by 1.6% from 2017 Q2 to 2019 Q4.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. This includes increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/07/2017 13:30:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

750013

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has mad of the change in the level of real-terms pay for the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Spring Budget 2017 forecast was for nominal wage growth to increase in each year of the forecast. Inflation is expected to weigh on real earnings growth in the near term, before returning to 2.0% from 2019 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) has benefitted around 1.7 million low paid workers and delivered the fastest wage growth for the lowest paid in 20 years. Further increases to the NLW in April this year have delivered an additional increase in earnings of over £500 a year for a full-time worker.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/07/2017 15:49:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

746950

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tackle wage stagnation among young people and low wage earners.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The government introduced the National Living Wage in April 2016, which benefitted around 1.7 million low paid workers and delivered the fastest wage growth for the lowest paid in 20 years. Furthermore, the government has boosted take home pay with increases to personal allowance, where 1.3 million individuals will be taken out of income tax this year.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also investing in young people, through expanding the apprenticeship programme in England increasing spending on apprenticeships to £2.5bn in 2019-20. Budget 2017 also announced an additional £500m to be invested each year in England’s technical education system. This will help give young people the skills they need to succeed in the world of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/07/2017 13:34:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731960

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made a recent assessment of wage growth across the regions.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>In the year to 2016, earnings for an average full-time employee grew in every UK region and nation. Earnings grew fastest in the West Midlands (+3.7%), followed by the North West (+3.0%) and Wales (+2.9%).</p><p> </p><p>In April this year we increased the National Living Wage by 4.2% to £7.50. The increase is expected to directly benefit around 1.7 million workers across the UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/06/2017 09:38:34 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

712545

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations his Department has received on the national minimum wage and national living wage laws applying to staff who are asleep during a sleep-in shift at work.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	68558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has received representations from social care providers and charities, social care workers, and hon. Members writing on behalf of their constituents.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2017 09:21:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes