Minimum Wage: Edinburgh North and Leith
Commons · Question 39755 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Tracy Gilbert
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.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 27 Mar 2025
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...