National Minimum Wage

List of Tables
1.1 National Minimum Wage Hourly Rates, UK, 1999-2012 2
1.2 Economic Forecasts Available in January 2011, UK, 2011-2012 3
1.3 Components of Gross Domestic Product Growth in Recession and Recovery, UK,
1980-2011
6
1.4 Sectoral Growth in Gross Domestic Product in Recession and Recovery, UK,
1990-2011
7
1.5 Change in Employment and Unemployment, UK, 2007-2011 14
1.6 Revised Economic Forecasts, UK, 2011-2012 18
2.1 Bite of the Adult National Minimum Wage at Various Points on the Earnings
Distribution for Those Aged 22 and Over, UK, 1999-2011
31
2.2 Jobs Held by Those Aged 22 and Over, Paid At and Below the Existing National
Minimum Wage and the Forthcoming National Minimum Wage, UK, 1999-2011
38
2.3 Proportion of Jobs Held by Those Aged 22 and Over, Paid At or Below the Adult
National Minimum Wage, by Sector and Firm Size, UK, 2009-2011
39
2.4 Hourly Gender Pay Gap of Full-time Workers Aged 22 and Over, UK, 1997-2011 42
2.5 Hourly Pay Gaps for Particular Groups of Workers Aged 22 and Over, UK, 2007/08-
2010/11
43
2.6 Annual Median Pay Settlement, by Sector, UK, 2000-2011 44
2.7 Change in Employment, Jobs and Hours, UK, 1999-2011 49
2.8 Change in Employee Jobs, by Low-paying Industry, GB, 1998-2011 51
2.9 Employment Rates, by Groups of Workers, UK, 1999-2011 53
2.10 Unemployment and Inactivity Rates, by Groups of Workers, UK, 1999-2011 56
2.11 CPI, RPI and SPPI Price Inflation for Selected Goods and Services, UK, 1999-2011 64
3.1 Number of Apprenticeship Starts, by Country, 2003/04-2010/11 89
3.2 Mean and Median Gross Hourly Pay for Apprentices, by Country, 2011 91
5.1 Actual Outturn and Independent Forecasts, UK, 2011-2013 138
5.2 Estimated Number and Percentage of Jobs Covered by the Recommended National
Minimum Wage Upratings, UK, 2012-2013
150
5.3 Estimated Exchequer Yield and Savings from the Recommended October 2012
Uprating of the Adult Rate of the National Minimum Wage, UK, 2012/13
152
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