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523575

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers received (a) one, (b) between two and four and (c) more than five fixed penalty fines for illegally employing immigrants in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The information provided refers to civil penalties for illegal working served to employers and is included in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Civil penalties for illegal working issued to employers</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Employers issued 1 penalty in year</strong></td><td><strong>Employers issued 2 - 4 penalties in year </strong></td><td><strong>Employers issued 5+ penalties in year</strong></td><td><strong>TOTAL penalties issued (matches certified data) </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2009/10</strong></td><td>2167</td><td>172</td><td>0</td><td>2339</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2010/11</strong></td><td>1788</td><td>111</td><td>0</td><td>1899</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td>1291</td><td>50</td><td>0</td><td>1341</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td>1230</td><td>40</td><td>0</td><td>1270</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td>2046</td><td>98</td><td>5</td><td>2149</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2014/15</strong></td><td>1847</td><td>122</td><td>5</td><td>1974</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2015/16</strong></td><td>2328</td><td>220</td><td>46</td><td>2594</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" rowspan="4"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data provided is for initial penalties only and penalties may have been reduced or cancelled at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p>N.B The data provided is sourced from a Home Office management information system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/06/2016 14:16:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

475761

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers were successfully (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for employing an illegal immigrant in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	31238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached tables.</p><p>Table 1 sets out the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for offences related to employment of illegal immigrants in England and Wales between 2010 and 2014. Court proceedings data for 2015 is planned for publication in May 2016.</p><p>Table 2 sets out the number of civil penalties issued to individual employers during each of the last five complete financial years and the current financial year up to and including 29th February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/03/2016 12:15:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name 31238 Table 1 and Table 2.xlsx title 1. defendants 2. civil penalties previous answer version 52451 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

475762

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff have been assigned to tackle employers of illegal immigrants in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	31237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Border Force is a law enforcement command within the Home Office which secures the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK. Tackling employers of illegal migrants is dealt with by Immigration Enforcement which is responsible for preventing abuse, tracking immigration offenders and increasing compliance with immigration law.</p><p>In the event that an employer is found to have employed an illegal worker, they may be subject to a civil penalty of up to £20,000 per illegal worker unless they have undertaken the prescribed document checks. In the last five years Immigration Enforcement has issued over nine thousand civil penalties to the value of £110 million.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/03/2016 12:16:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 52450 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

420200

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) large and (b) small businesses have been found to have employed illegal migrants between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	10897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the size of businesses found to have employed illegal migrant workers. I can inform you that between the financial years 2010-11 and 2014-15 a total of 8,632 civil penalties were issued to employers who employed illegal migrants. The same employer may have received more than one penalty during this period.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/10/2015 16:07:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

418477

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 6173, what the categories of statutory excuses established by employers are which result in no action notices or notification of no liability.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>An employer is excused from liability for a civil penalty if they show that they have complied with the prescribed right to work checks. There are no categories of statutory excuse.</p><p>The civil penalty regime and right to work checks are set out in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, secondary legislation and published statutory codes of practice and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/09/2015 15:49:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

388645

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers received a referral notice that this case was being considered on employment of an undocumented worker in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	6173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The table gives information on the number of Referral Notices received by the Civil Penalty Compliance Team from July 2014-June 2015 for all workers. Some Referral Notices will include more than one worker and an employer may receive more than one Referral Notice during a 12 month period. The table also shows the number of penalties that were served on employers for employing an illegal worker from July 2014-June 2015. The same employer may have received more than one penalty during this 12 month period. Referral notices received near the end of a calendar month may not be concluded with a Civil Penalty being issued until the following month.</p><p>The table provides the number of workers for whom employers have received a penalty of either £20,000 or £15,000 in each of the last 12 months. In addition to the table, 1450 employers have received a penalty of less than £15,000 per worker for employing an undocumented worker in the last 12 months. In the case of a first time breach, the £15,000 penalty can be reduced where specified mitigating factors are shown.</p><p>The table also shows how many employers were served with a No Action Notice (NAN) or Notification of No Liability (NONL) from July 2014 - June 2015. These may be served where an employer has established a statutory excuse against the employment for all the workers encountered.</p><p>The proportion of Civil Penalty Notices issued in the 12 month period is 73%, the proportion of NANs or NONL issued in the 12 months period is 27%.</p><p>Please note the figures for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6174 6177 6186 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:01:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Paul Bloomfield-6173 6174 6186 6177 Response (Supporting Table)[1].docx title Civil Penalty Notices Served
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

388647

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers were sent a civil penalty notice for the employment of an undocumented worker in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	6174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The table gives information on the number of Referral Notices received by the Civil Penalty Compliance Team from July 2014-June 2015 for all workers. Some Referral Notices will include more than one worker and an employer may receive more than one Referral Notice during a 12 month period. The table also shows the number of penalties that were served on employers for employing an illegal worker from July 2014-June 2015. The same employer may have received more than one penalty during this 12 month period. Referral notices received near the end of a calendar month may not be concluded with a Civil Penalty being issued until the following month.</p><p>The table provides the number of workers for whom employers have received a penalty of either £20,000 or £15,000 in each of the last 12 months. In addition to the table, 1450 employers have received a penalty of less than £15,000 per worker for employing an undocumented worker in the last 12 months. In the case of a first time breach, the £15,000 penalty can be reduced where specified mitigating factors are shown.</p><p>The table also shows how many employers were served with a No Action Notice (NAN) or Notification of No Liability (NONL) from July 2014 - June 2015. These may be served where an employer has established a statutory excuse against the employment for all the workers encountered.</p><p>The proportion of Civil Penalty Notices issued in the 12 month period is 73%, the proportion of NANs or NONL issued in the 12 months period is 27%.</p><p>Please note the figures for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6173 6177 6186 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:01:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Paul Bloomfield-6173 6174 6186 6177 Response (Supporting Table)[1].docx title Civil Penalty Notices Served
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

388649

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of employers sent a civil penalty notice (a) established a statutory excuse, (b) were fined and (c) received the maximum fine of £20,000 in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	6186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The table gives information on the number of Referral Notices received by the Civil Penalty Compliance Team from July 2014-June 2015 for all workers. Some Referral Notices will include more than one worker and an employer may receive more than one Referral Notice during a 12 month period. The table also shows the number of penalties that were served on employers for employing an illegal worker from July 2014-June 2015. The same employer may have received more than one penalty during this 12 month period. Referral notices received near the end of a calendar month may not be concluded with a Civil Penalty being issued until the following month.</p><p>The table provides the number of workers for whom employers have received a penalty of either £20,000 or £15,000 in each of the last 12 months. In addition to the table, 1450 employers have received a penalty of less than £15,000 per worker for employing an undocumented worker in the last 12 months. In the case of a first time breach, the £15,000 penalty can be reduced where specified mitigating factors are shown.</p><p>The table also shows how many employers were served with a No Action Notice (NAN) or Notification of No Liability (NONL) from July 2014 - June 2015. These may be served where an employer has established a statutory excuse against the employment for all the workers encountered.</p><p>The proportion of Civil Penalty Notices issued in the 12 month period is 73%, the proportion of NANs or NONL issued in the 12 months period is 27%.</p><p>Please note the figures for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6173 6174 6177 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:01:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Paul Bloomfield-6173 6174 6186 6177 Response (Supporting Table)[1].docx title Civil Penalty Notices Served
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

388651

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers were fined (a) £20,000 and (b) £15,000 for employing an undocumented worker in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	6177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The table gives information on the number of Referral Notices received by the Civil Penalty Compliance Team from July 2014-June 2015 for all workers. Some Referral Notices will include more than one worker and an employer may receive more than one Referral Notice during a 12 month period. The table also shows the number of penalties that were served on employers for employing an illegal worker from July 2014-June 2015. The same employer may have received more than one penalty during this 12 month period. Referral notices received near the end of a calendar month may not be concluded with a Civil Penalty being issued until the following month.</p><p>The table provides the number of workers for whom employers have received a penalty of either £20,000 or £15,000 in each of the last 12 months. In addition to the table, 1450 employers have received a penalty of less than £15,000 per worker for employing an undocumented worker in the last 12 months. In the case of a first time breach, the £15,000 penalty can be reduced where specified mitigating factors are shown.</p><p>The table also shows how many employers were served with a No Action Notice (NAN) or Notification of No Liability (NONL) from July 2014 - June 2015. These may be served where an employer has established a statutory excuse against the employment for all the workers encountered.</p><p>The proportion of Civil Penalty Notices issued in the 12 month period is 73%, the proportion of NANs or NONL issued in the 12 months period is 27%.</p><p>Please note the figures for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6173 6174 6186 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:01:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Paul Bloomfield-6173 6174 6186 6177 Response (Supporting Table)[1].docx title Civil Penalty Notices Served
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield