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New National Minimum Wage rates from 1 October 2010
Workers aged 21 and over - £5.93 per hour
Workers aged 18-20 -         £4.92 per hour
Workers aged 16-17 -         £3.64 per hour
Apprentice aged under 19-  £2.50 per Hour  (Also applies to apprentice aged 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship)
Accommodation offset -      £4.61 per day (£32.27 per week)
Note:
All workers in the UK are entitled to be paid at least the national minimum wage.

The age at which workers are entitled to the main rate was reduced from 22 to 21 on 1 October 2010.
 The apprentice rate was introduced on 1 October 2010.
 The minimum wage applies to:

all workers over school leaving age
overseas workers even if they are only in the UK for a short time 
agency workers and homeworkers who may not otherwise qualify as ‘workers’ in employment legislation
Crown employees 
staff of the House of Commons and House of Lords 
mariners 
agricultural workers already covered by the agricultural minimum wage 
It does not apply to:
the genuinely self-employed, office holders, directors (unless they have an employment contract) 
school children below school leaving age  
the armed forces 
share fishermen
voluntary workers   
prisoners working under prison rules
The accommodation offset rate
If you provide your employees  with accommodation, then you can count some of its value towards National Minimum Wage (NMW) pay. This is called the accommodation offset. You cannot count more than the accommodation offset rate which is in force at any given time.
Previous  Rate
 The National Minimum Wage rate from October 2009 to 30 September 2010
Workers aged 22 and over - £5.80 per hour
Workers aged 18-21 -         £4.77 per hour
Workers aged 16-17 -         £3.57 per hour
Accommodation offset -      £4.51 per day (£31.57 per week)