Minimum Wage: Apprentices
(asked on 19th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to bring the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate in line with the National Minimum Wage.
This question was answered on 26th June 2023
The Apprentice National Minimum Wage rate is set to acknowledge the costs to employers and the benefits to young people in apprenticeships. The Apprentice rate increased by 9.7% to £5.28 in April 2023. This increase maintains parity with the Under 18 National Minimum Wage rate.