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<p> </p><p>Employers have a responsibility to check that their employees have the
right to <br>work in the United Kingdom and this duty is underpinned by criminal and
civil <br>sanctions. <br><br>The Home Office only holds data on individual prosecutions
on its National <br>Operations Database from 2012. <br><br>(a) Five employers were
charged in 2012 and five employers were charged in 2013 <br>for an offence of knowingly
employing illegal workers under section 21 of the <br>Immigration, Asylum and Nationality
Act 2006. <br><br>(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information
and are <br>therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not
been <br>quality assured under National Statistics protocols.<br>(2) Figures relate
to employers charged (offence recorded as IAN 2006 S21) <br>between 1 January 2012
and 31 December 2013 recorded on the National Operations <br>Database (NODMMX).<br>(3)
Figures relate to individuals who may have been charged for more than one <br>offence
under section 21. <br>(4) Figures rounded to nearest 5. In compliance with legislation
such as the <br>Data Protection Act 1998 and Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for
Official <br>Statistics, we are required to preserve the confidentiality of the data
we <br>collect, process and disseminate. In order to prevent the disclosure of <br>personal
information counts of individuals are rounded to the nearest multiple <br>of 5.<br>(5)
Data extracted on 20 March 2014.<br><br>(b) Under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum
and Nationality Act 2006, fewer <br>than five employers were successfully prosecuted
in 2012 and five employers <br>were successfully prosecuted in 2013.<br><br>(1) The
figures quoted have been derived from management information and are <br>therefore
provisional and subject to change. This information has not been <br>quality assured
under National Statistics protocols.<br>(2) Figures relate to employers successfully
prosecuted (offence recorded as <br>IAN 2006 S21) between 1 January 2012 and 31 December
2013 recorded on the <br>National Operations Database (NODMMX).<br>(3) Figures relate
to individuals.<br>(4) Years refer to date of prosecution and charges may have been
laid in the <br>same or a previous year. <br>(5) In compliance with legislation such
as the Data Protection Act 1998 and <br>Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Official
Statistics, we are required to <br>preserve the confidentiality of the data we collect,
process and disseminate. <br>In order to prevent the disclosure of personal information
counts of <br>individuals are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.<br><br>(6) Data
extracted on 20 March 2014.<br><br>The Civil Penalty Notices in the table below were
issued to employers for <br>breaching the illegal working provisions in Section 15
of the Immigration, <br>Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 in each year since 2010.<br><br>The
figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited <br>business
addresses.<br><br>Please note the figures are for penalties levied at the initial
decision stage <br>which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection
or <br>appeal stage.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of civil
penalties issued</td></tr><tr><td>01/01/2010 to 31/12/2010</td><td>2092</td></tr><tr><td>01/01/2011
to 31/12/2011</td><td>1424</td></tr><tr><td>01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012</td><td>1215</td></tr><tr><td>01/01/2013
to 31/12/2013</td><td>1823</td></tr></tbody></table>
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