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National minimum wage – increases from 1 October 2006
The principal rate of the national minimum wage (for workers aged 22 and over) will from 1 October 2006 increase from £5.05 to £5.35 per hour. The rate to be paid to workers aged between 18 and 21 will increase from £4.25 to £4.45 per hour and the rate to be paid to workers aged below 18 who have ceased to be of compulsory school age from £3.00 to £3.30 per hour.

In addition, from 1 October 2006 the older workers' development rate will be abolished and the age limit on the apprenticeship exemption removed.

Another change relates to the per day value of the accommodation amount which applies where an employer provides a worker with living accommodation. The amount goes up from £3.90 to £4.15 for each day that accommodation is provided.

For a copy of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2006 , see www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20062001.htm

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