Margaret Ferrier – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ferrier on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to raise the national living wage to the same rate as the living wage set by the Living Wage Foundation.

Nick Boles

The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach 60% of median earnings by 2020 – which would currently be around £9 per hour. The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission to recommend the National Living Wage rate going forward.