Pay: Young People

(asked on 13th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to seek to ensure that young people’s wages rise with inflation.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 18th June 2018

This year, we have increased the National Minimum Wage youth rates above inflation – young people on these rates benefited from the largest increases for 10 years.

However, in the long-term, wage rises for all workers rely on improving productivity. That’s why we have also extended the National Productivity Investment Fund to 2022/23 and increased it from £23bn to £31bn. To ensure that workers are equipped with the skills they need to be productive in the workplace, we are also introducing T-Levels and investing in computer science and maths in schools, as well as launching a National Retraining Scheme in this Parliament.

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