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The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years.

The Office for National Statistics is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. It is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national,...

• Updated: 30 January 2023

Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.

• Contribution rates

  An employee’s Class 1 National Insurance is made up of contributions:…

• Category letters

  Employers use an employee’s National Insurance category letter when they…

This guide provides an overview of the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary and secondary schools, including schools with a sixth form, and gives guidance on how to interpret the data.

• Updated: 5 December 2025

• Updated: 11 December 2025

Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.

National achievement rates tables (formerly success rates) for apprenticeships and education and training.

• Updated: 29 June 2023

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.

Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.

• Updated: 15 October 2025