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<p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum
Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC continues to crack down
on employers who ignore the law, ensuring that workers receive the wages they are
entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of penalties issued by HMRC to employers
in breach of National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation is published routinely by financial
years. Table 1 in the link below provides this data for each financial year between
2010/2011 – 2020/2021. The data for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 has not yet been published.</p><p><a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074680/nlw-nmw-enforcement-compliance-statistics.xlsx"
target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074680/nlw-nmw-enforcement-compliance-statistics.xlsx</em></a></p><p>
</p><p>The numbers of Notices of Underpayment (NoUs) issued for each financial year
between 2010/2011 – 2020/2021 is in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of NoUs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>1,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>1,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Data covering the year 2022/2023 has not been finalised.</p>
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