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1694309

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 for seafarers working on (a) domestic shipping routes and (b) offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	17481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 17:25:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1693814

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	17186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In 2023, the Government passed the Seafarers’ Wages Act to address this issue. Based on data and assumptions used in the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 impact assessment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e2aa8ed3bf7f75af0923d5/seafarers-wages-impact-assessment.pdf), the Government’s most recent estimate is that 4,400 individuals working on services in scope of the Act (i.e. those working on international services calling at a UK port at least 120 times a year) may be being paid less than the UK national minimum wage. The secondary legislation that the Department is consulting on currently will bring the Act into force to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 15:22:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542901

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	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, whether UK National Minimum Wage resource has been dedicated to the maritime sector.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	88940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. HMRC does not stand for anyone failing to meet their obligation to pay at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>As of March 2022 HMRC had 390 full time equivalent National Minimum Wage (NMW) officers in post. NMW officers work across all sectors in the UK, including the maritime sector, undertaking targeted activity where they identify a potential risk.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC takes seriously and considers all complaints received, if anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or submit a query online:  <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpay-and-work-rights-complaints(opens%2520in%2520a%2520new%2520tab)&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cnavjot.sidhu%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C6a5c95c7d9b7462bd17108dac88cdb52%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638042804536011372%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cEx4aHLHf%2F3ToatN1m4ug7ICVibzjmEMs2OldWzzUcw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints</em></a>.  HMRC also welcomes information from third parties, if any person or organisation has information about potential NMW breaches they can get in touch with us via GOV.UK by searching “pay and work rights complaints”.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542904

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Nine-point plan for seafarers published on 6 July 2022, what progress he has made on the creation of minimum wage corridors with international partners.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	88941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has engaged with eight of our near European neighbours on how we can collaborate to improve seafarer welfare and to explore the creation of minimum wage equivalent corridors.</p><p>Discussions are ongoing with several countries and are being pursued as a matter of priority.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/11/2022 12:56:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1464433

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Government’s integrational engagement at the International Labour Organisation on minimum wages for seafarers in the international shipping industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>While the majority of the work of the ILO is agreed on a tripartite basis between governments and social partners, the Joint Maritime Committee (JMC) is a bipartite meeting between the social partners only.</p><p> </p><p>The sub-committee of the JMC on wages met in Geneva recently and agreed to raise the International Labour Organization (ILO) minimum basic wage guidelines for an able seafarer.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore before the government addresses the Office of the ILO, it is waiting for the recommendations of the Committee and of the amendments agreed to the Maritime Labour Convention by the Special Tripartite Committed to be adopted at the 346th session of the ILO Governing Body later this year and for the final reports of both Committees to be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/05/2022 14:09:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459830

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the locations are of the proposed minimum wage corridors.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	157596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to working with international partners to boost seafarer protections and welfare. We have written to several states with close ferry connections to the UK, including Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands so far, to explore how we can work together on protections and the potential creation of bilateral minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>We shall also be leading integrational engagement at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put minimum wages for all seafarers, everywhere, at the top of the agenda.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 27/04/2022 13:25:42 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	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

1453737

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the seafarers exemption for the National Minimum Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	145932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145933 145934 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453738

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on UK-international routes who are not paid the National Minimum Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	145933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145932 145934 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh