{"value":{"id":1753789,"askingMemberId":5242,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-22T00:00:00","uin":"22819","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers earn under the lower earnings limit in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4083,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department’s latest estimate is that in Quarter 1 of the financial year 2022/23 there were around 1-1.3 million employees in the UK who earned below the LEL. This figure does not include workers who are self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Of these employees, (a) 86% were in England, (b) 7% were in Scotland, (c) 4% were in Wales and (d) 3% were in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are drawn from the published estimates from the Department’s Statutory Sick Pay Regulatory Impact Assessment: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6715f848386bf0964853d848/Impact_assessment_improve_access_statutory_sick_pay_removing_lower_earnings_limit_removing_waiting_period.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6715f848386bf0964853d848/Impact_assessment_improve_access_statutory_sick_pay_removing_lower_earnings_limit_removing_waiting_period.pdf</a></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Low Incomes","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753789","method":"GET"}]}