Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) in public bodies and (b) employed as subcontractors who deliver public services and paid from the public purse who are (i) aged 23 and over and are paid less than £9 per hour, (ii) aged 21 or 22 and are paid less than £9 per hour, (iii) aged 18 to 20 and are paid less than £9 per hour and (iv) aged under 18 and are paid less than £9 per hour and (v) are apprentices and are paid less than £9 per hour as at 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement.
Departments and workforces set levels of pay in compliance with National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage legislation. Remuneration for private sector employees are set independently of Government, although they must also comply with the relevant legislation.
Data is not held centrally on the pay distribution of all people who deliver public services.
Latest published survey data, see below, has the distribution of hourly pay for public sector workers, comprising of workers working in organisations defined as Public Corporation, Central Government or Local Authority.
Hourly pay - Gross (£) - For all employee jobs: United Kingdom, ASHE 2020 (provisional)
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| 10 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 90 |
Public sector | 9.88 | 10.90 | 11.61 | 12.46 | 14.27 | 18.77 | 21.11 | 22.62 | 23.87 | 28.89 |
Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. Estimates for 2020 include employees who have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).