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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working was introduced
in the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (2006 Act), and came into effect
in February 2008. <br><br>Before 2010, the average value of penalties collected under
the scheme was 14%. Since 2010, the average value of penalties collected has been
45%. The information requested is in the table attached. The figures are based on
the number of civil penalties served at visited business addresses.<br><br>Please
note the figures are for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may
be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage. <br><br>Please
also note that the collection figures are not cohort based statistics and therefore
do not represent payment against penalties issued in a particular year.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Years</td><td>Value of initial
penalties issued</td><td>Value of penalties collected</td></tr><tr><td>2008-2009</td><td>£16.7m</td><td>£1.3m</td></tr><tr><td>2009-2010</td><td>£23.2m</td><td>£4.4m</td></tr><tr><td>2010-2011</td><td>£17.1m</td><td>£6.9m</td></tr><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td>£11.4m</td><td>£6.5m</td></tr><tr><td>2012-2013</td><td>£10.8m</td><td>£6.3m</td></tr><tr><td>2013-2014
up to 28 February 2014</td><td>£15.6m</td><td>£5.2m</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>
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