AQW 47171/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 12/06/2015
Answered On Date: 25/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel pursuant to AQW 45339/11-15 for her assessment of the economic impact of introducing a mandatory Living Wage in Northern Ireland.

Answer:

The UK Government sets the rate of the National Minimum Wage based on recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission. My Department has not undertaken a separate analysis of the economic impact in Northern Ireland of the setting of this at the rate of the ‘living wage’.