The second point is that within the pay policy we have focused our activity on two measures in relation to lower-income individuals: a mandatory living wage of £7.15 an hour, a concept to which the Government has committed itself as well as the bodies that it directs, such as health boards and non-departmental public bodies; and the payment of a minimum of £250 to anyone who earns less than £21,000, which will be an important contribution to tackling the issue of low pay.On the gender impact, 80 per cent of the national health service staff who will benefit from the living wage proposal are women.