Written questions

Living Wage: Income Tax

Commons · Question 76812 · Tabled 12 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 22 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of employees who having received the National Living Wage increase in April 2025 have now begun to pay income tax.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Sep 2025

The information is not available. HMRC does not hold information on hourly pay rates of Pay As You Earn taxpayers and therefore cannot identify which employees are in receipt of the National Living Wage (NLW).