To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in encouraging employers to pay the real Living Wage.
Answered on
5 December 2022
The Government has and will continue to encourage employers to pay their workers more than the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage when they can afford to do so. In 2021, around 8 in 10 workers aged 16 to 22 earned above their age-related rate of the National Minimum Wage. However, we do recognise that the ability to pay workers more than the statutory minimum may vary across businesses and sectors.
Answered by
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy