A question on #MinimumWage #EdinburghNorthAndLeith tabled by Tracy Gilbert on 19-03-2025 has been answered by Justin Madders.

Heading: Minimum Wage: Edinburgh North and Leith
Question ID: 1786551
UIN: 39755
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-19
Asking Member ID: 5188
Asking Member display name: Tracy Gilbert
Asking Member handle: tracygilbert72
Asking Member Twitter reference: @tracygilbert72
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employees who will benefit from the increase in national minimum wage rates in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
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Date answered: 2025-03-27
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Answering Member ID: 4418
Answering Member display name: Justin Madders
Answering Member handle: justinmadders
Answering Member Twitter reference: @justinmadders
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Answer text: Approximately 200,000 employees in Scotland are expected to benefit from a direct pay rise due to the increases in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage in April 2025, according to the Government’s Impact Assessment. Constituency-level estima...
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Answering body ID: 214
Answering body name: Department for Business and Trade
Tweeted: true