Research and analysis

Low Pay Commission Report 2021

This report sets out the full analysis and evidence underpinning the LPC’s recommendations on minimum wage rates for 2022.

Documents

Low Pay Commission Report 2021

Data tables for the LPC's 2021 Report

Minimum wage in 2021 coverage by local authority, region and nation

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Details

The Low Pay Commission’s 2021 report on the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) sets out the evidence underpinning our recommendations on the rates to apply from 1 April 2022. These recommendations were accepted in full by the Government and the 2022 rates were announced on 27 October 2021.

Alongside the annual report, we are publishing the research we commissioned in 2021 which informed this year’s recommendations.

The minimum wage rates which will apply from April 2022 are:

Rate from April 2021 Rate from April 2022 Increase
National Living Wage £8.91 £9.50 6.6%
21-22 Year Old Rate £8.36 £9.18 9.8%
18-20 Year Old Rate £6.56 £6.83 4.1%
16-17 Year Old Rate £4.62 £4.81 4.1%
Apprentice Rate £4.30 £4.81 11.9%
Accommodation Offset £8.36 £8.70 4.1%

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2021
Last updated 12 January 2022 + show all updates
  1. New copy of data tables uploaded with an additional table (5.5a).

  2. First published.

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