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1453741

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers HMRC has to enforce the National Minimum Wage on vessels operating out of UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	145936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 enables HMRC to enforce NMW across all business sectors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Act provides HMRC officers with a number of powers to enforce the NMW, including: the power to inspect records; enforcing payment of arrears of NMW by issuing a Notice of Underpayment; charging penalties of up to 200% of the arrears; and for the most serious cases (involving obstruction, falsifying of documents or wilful failure to pay workers the NMW) referring cases for prosecution to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 October 2020, following a change in the law, seafarers and other maritime persons who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/04/2022 13:24:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1458736

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Airports: PAYE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have withdrawn personal statement PAYE validation services for airport staff awaiting security clearance.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	156539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text HMRC has not withdrawn any such services and continues to make employment history available to any employee. This can be found through the HMRC app: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-official-hmrc-app/the-free-hmrc-app" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-official-hmrc-app/the-free-hmrc-app</a> and the employee’s digital Personal Tax Account: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account</a>. There are also arrangements in place to support those unable to access their digital tax account. HMRC would be happy to investigate any specific claims where it appears that such services have been withdrawn. answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2022 15:35:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459114

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 145936, on Shipping: Minimum Wage, how many inspections of businesses HMRC has undertaken to ensure that seafarers and other maritime persons who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters are paid the national minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	157434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will not hesitate to take action to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to and continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law. Since 2015, HMRC have secured over £115 million for more than 1.1 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC considers all complaints from workers. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on: 0300 123 1100, or report their employer online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C76e1801db8ee4a434db008da283537e6%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637866506274084929%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=u4MQrBl9nnQuqvzamyWeyWnc9%2FdzuqLpl9Brg8B2EKs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not just rely on complaints. They also undertake proactive enforcement activities, such as selecting cases for investigation based on their own risk modelling and undertaking outreach activities to help employers understand their obligations and making sure workers know their rights. Alongside this, they consider all intelligence and/or information shared with them.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC investigates for potential NMW breaches, they look at the whole workforce for an employer. Between the 2015-16 financial year and the 2021-22 financial year, they carried out 18 investigations into employers working in the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy resources to risk, flexing deployment to respond to complaints from workers and using their own detailed risk identification processes to assess and respond to the level of risk in a sector.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy changed the law so that seafarers, and other maritime persons, who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW. This is regardless of where the vessel is registered or whether the worker ordinarily resides in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has worked with maritime worker representatives and employers to raise awareness of the new NMW legislation that came into force on 1 October 2020. HMRC have written to employers in the maritime sector, asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage and pointing them to available guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 157447 question first answered 27/04/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459263

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vessels the HMRC has assessed for compliance with the minimum wage; and what resources HMRC has allocated to undertaking those compliance assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	157447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will not hesitate to take action to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to and continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law. Since 2015, HMRC have secured over £115 million for more than 1.1 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC considers all complaints from workers. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on: 0300 123 1100, or report their employer online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C76e1801db8ee4a434db008da283537e6%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637866506274084929%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=u4MQrBl9nnQuqvzamyWeyWnc9%2FdzuqLpl9Brg8B2EKs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not just rely on complaints. They also undertake proactive enforcement activities, such as selecting cases for investigation based on their own risk modelling and undertaking outreach activities to help employers understand their obligations and making sure workers know their rights. Alongside this, they consider all intelligence and/or information shared with them.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC investigates for potential NMW breaches, they look at the whole workforce for an employer. Between the 2015-16 financial year and the 2021-22 financial year, they carried out 18 investigations into employers working in the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy resources to risk, flexing deployment to respond to complaints from workers and using their own detailed risk identification processes to assess and respond to the level of risk in a sector.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy changed the law so that seafarers, and other maritime persons, who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW. This is regardless of where the vessel is registered or whether the worker ordinarily resides in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has worked with maritime worker representatives and employers to raise awareness of the new NMW legislation that came into force on 1 October 2020. HMRC have written to employers in the maritime sector, asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage and pointing them to available guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 157434 question first answered 27/04/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1489696

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Airports: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received recent representations on the provision of HMRC employment data to airports for the purpose of facilitating employment checks.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	37560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC has received representation from the industry and is working closely with the Department of Transport. HMRC has provided support and guidance to the industry that allows employees to present their employment history to prospective employers and, on Monday 25 July, will enhance the employment history service within the Personal Tax Account to make the process easier. HMRC has an equivalent process for those customers unable to use the digital service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/07/2022 16:55:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh