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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

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

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

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

1504638

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the information regarding Harrods in the article “Amazon gets tough with workers over 35p pay rise”, published in The Sunday Times on 14 August; whether Harrods is classified as a “crucial public service”; whether supermarkets are classified as such; and what other services are included in that designation.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL2061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The legislation repealing regulation 7 applies to all employers in all sectors. It came into force on 21<sup>st</sup> July after debates in both houses of Parliament. It gives employers the choice to work with employment businesses to find suitably qualified staff when they are facing industrial action and offers agency workers the freedom to accept roles replacing staff on strike if they wish. It does not affect the ability of workers to go on strike and existing protections for striking workers are maintained. It does, however, balance the right to strike against the right of employers and third parties not to suffer disproportionate disruption. This is particularly important as we continue to recover from the pandemic and are faced with what are global economic challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2022 10:28:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1170410

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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, which employers underpaid the National (a) Living and (b) Minimum Wage in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	2530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone entitled to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. This is why we have more than doubled the compliance and enforcement budget for the NMW and NLW to £27.4 million for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p>In 2018/19, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) identified a record £24.4 million in minimum wage arrears for over 220,000 workers and issued over £17 million in penalties to non-compliant employers.</p><p>The Naming Scheme is the appropriate mechanism to state which employers have underpaid National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is reviewing the Naming Scheme; the outcome of that review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

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