AQW 47171/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Finance and Personnel
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.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 12 June 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 12 June 2015
- Answer due by
- 29 June 2015
- Answered
- 25 June 201513 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
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’.