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<p>The information requested is <ins class="ministerial">shown</ins> in the following
table. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties issued to individual
employers during each of the last five complete financial years. This includes public
and private limited <br />companies, sole traders, partnerships and franchises. <br
/><br />The government is committed to taking effective action against employers of
illegal workers. Illegal working drives illegal immigration which leads to exploitation
of workers and is also linked to non payment of the national <br />minimum wage, harmful
working conditions and tax evasion. Illegal working also undercuts legitimate businesses
and adversely impacts on the employment of people who are lawfully resident in the
UK.<br /><br />The government has therefore taken measures to strengthen our approach
to rogue employers. In 2014, we doubled the maximum civil penalty that can be levied
against an employer to £20,000 per illegal worker and we used the Immigration Act
2014 to make it easier to enforce unpaid penalties in the courts. We have also extended
our enforcement reach by working more closely across government departments to identify
where illegal working is taking place and to enforce a range of sanctions against
employers of illegal workers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial">Financial
year </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">Civil penalties issued </ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">Employers issued with civil penalties </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins
class="ministerial">2009-10</ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">2,339</ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">2,254</ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">1,899</ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">1,849</ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins
class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">1,341</ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">1,317</ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">1,270</ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">1,247</ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins
class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial">2,150</ins></td><td><ins
class="ministerial">2,090</ins></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
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