Minimum wage: age 21 to 22 (abolished 2024)

The former National Minimum Wage age band for 21 to 24, later 21 to 22, year olds — abolished when the National Living Wage was extended to age 21 in April 2024.

£10.18per hour

Primary source only Statutory Instrument United Kingdom no current value — this figure's final period ended 2024-03-31 (primary source only)

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-07-08

Scope: Historical band: 21-24 until 2021-03-31, narrowed to 21-22 when 23+ joined the NLW (SI 2021/329), abolished 2024-04-01 when 21+ joined the NLW (SI 2024/432). Terminal status repealed; excluded from band-monotonicity invariants per spec §3.1. Needed for as-of queries 2016-2024.

Current sources

Source A · LegislationNMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2023/354 — final year; band abolished by SI 2024/432; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B)

retrieved 2026-07-08

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
£10.18	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2023/354 — final year; band abolished by SI 2024/432; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£9.18	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2022/382 — band = 21-22; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£8.36	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2021/329 — band narrows to 21-22 (23+ joins NLW); provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£8.20	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2020/338 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£7.70	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2019/603 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£7.38	2018-04-01	2019-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2018/455 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08
£7.05	2017-04-01	2018-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2017/465 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08
£6.95	2016-10-01	2017-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2016/953 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08
£6.70	2016-04-01	2016-09-30	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2016/68 — band = 21-24; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08

Receipt

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Figure ID: employment.nmw.band_21_22
Name in the API: NMW: 21-24 / 21-22 age band (abolished 2024)
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·GBP/hour·UK·single_source_A
Record hash (canonical JSON, SHA-256): sha256:c53ac1878ad5bec9c3d8c2f7b11e7b41ebd973fba721e7f9a9e19266f5b248f8
Source snapshots (SHA-256): Legislation: sha256:14eb623154dacf36035434426badfa2e6bcacca71086238b617a84c3769dce48
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