Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of workers that will benefit from the increase to the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in Birmingham.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In total, over 3 million workers are expected to receive a pay rise due to increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage in April 2025.
We will also publish an Impact Assessment alongside the legislation that implements the increase to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. The Impact Assessment will provide a regional and country breakdown on the number of workers benefitting from an increase.
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many workers aged above 16 years old are paid within 50p of the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Low Pay Commission publishes a report that provides a coverage of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) each year, shortly before the rates are updated in April. The report provides a Local Authority and Regional breakdown of NMW and NLW coverage, including those paid below or within 5p of the applicable rate. Data on those who are within 50p of the rates is not provided as part of the report.
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require employers to include information about grievance procedures in employment contracts.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
By law employers must set out a grievance procedure and share it in writing with all employees, for example in their employment contracts or staff handbook. The government has no plans to bring forward legislation to require employers to include this information in employment contracts.
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support the surface engineering sector with energy costs.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
Businesses, including the surface engineering sector, have already benefitted from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme which ended on 31 March 2023 and provided £7 billion of support. Businesses will continue to get a discount on gas and electricity bills under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS), until 31 March 2024.
Under the EBDS, non-domestic customers who have a contract with a licensed energy supplier will see a baseline discount of up to £6.97/MWh automatically applied to their gas bill and up to £19.61/MWh to their electricity bill.
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 27 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston on people accompanied by an assistance dog in hospitality venues, public transport and private hire vehicles.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
The correspondence was transferred to the Department for Transport and has been responded to on 6th March 2023.