Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) male and (b) female apprentices who were paid less than the minimum wage in (i) the West Midlands and (ii) the UK in the last 12 months.

I refer the hon Member to the answer given to the hon Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) on 12 March to PQ UIN 131487.