Living Wage: Children and Young People

(asked on 6th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the recent reassessment of the national living wage has had on the eligibility of (a) an over 25-year old single person, (b) an over 25-year old couple, (c) a single person aged between 21 and 24, (d) a couple aged between 21 and 24, (e) a single person aged between 18 and 20, (f) a couple aged between 18 and 20, (g) a singe person under the age of 18 and (h) a couple under the ages of 18 to claim jobseeker's allowance for up to the quoted 16 hours.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 11th January 2017

The national living wage was introduced by this government on 1st April 2016 at the rate of £7.20 per hour and is applicable to those aged 25 and over. The national minimum wage is for those aged 16 and over. The national living wage is due to increase in April 2017 to £7.50 per hour.

The effect of a change in the level of the national living wage, on Jobseeker’s Allowance, will be to readjust the amount of benefit payable by the equivalent amount, after any appropriate disregards have been taken into account. The change due in April 2017 will have no effect on eligibility to Jobseeker’s Allowance.

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