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451876

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's press release of 5 February 2016, New National Minimum Wage offenders named and shamed, whether HM Revenue and Customs follows up successful investigations into companies found not to have complied with national minimum wage legislation with additional investigations into whether other employees of the same company were also not in receipt of the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	26841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is absolutely clear that anyone entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and, from April 2016, the National Living Wage, should receive it. The Department for Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) are responsible for the policy on NMW compliance and enforcement, and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforces the NMW Act on BIS’s behalf.</p><p>HMRC responds to all worker complaints. Where NMW arrears are identified, HMRC ensures the employer corrects the position for all their workers and pays any outstanding arrears. HMRC carries out follow-up checks to ensure arrears have been paid. If subsequent issues are found HMRC will investigate and, if arrears are identified, take further action.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/02/2016 15:37:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

451160

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the amount of financial penalties was for non-compliance with national minimum wage (a) imposed on and (b) paid by each of the 92 employers who were named and shamed by his Department for such non-compliance on 5 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not publish details of penalties in individual cases. The employers named in the February 5th round were issued with a combined total of over £629,000 in penalties. To date, 84 of the 92 employers have paid penalties. The remaining 8 are being pursued by HM Revenue and Customs compliance officers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/03/2016 14:54:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

450173

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of confidentiality agreements between employers not paying the national minimum wage and their employees challenging that non-payment on the numbers of people coming forward to make a complaint to ACAS.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25610 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450174

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls were made to (a) the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and (b) ACAS reporting non-payment of the National Minimum Wage by sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25608 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

442849

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' strategy to enforce the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	21217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Low Pay Commission publish an annual report on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) which includes a full assessment of the Government’s NMW compliance and enforcement strategy. The 2015 report is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-report-2015</a> - the next report is due to be published in February 2016.</p><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/01/2016 17:20:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

442249

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing penalties levied on employers who do not pay staff at least the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	20822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>From April 2016, we are increasing the calculation of penalties from 100% to 200% of the arrears owed. The penalty is reduced by half if employers pay within 14 days.</p><br /><p>By increasing the penalties for underpayment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) we intend to deter employers from breaking the law so that working people receive the money they are legally due.</p><br /><p>This new calculation ensures a tougher penalty for employers found to have underpaid the NMW.</p><br /><p>The fast track Impact Assessment for increasing the penalties has been validated by the Regulatory Policy Committee and published here - <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/324" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/324</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 19/01/2016 16:02:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

439344

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5609, how many HM Revenue and Customs investigations that commenced on or after 1 October 2013 resulted in the issuing of Notice of Underpayment (NOU) of the National Minimum Wage to the employer; how many of those employers receiving an NOU were exempt from his Department's revised naming and shaming scheme on the basis that the total arrears were less than £100; how many of those employers successfully appealed against being named or shamed; and how many of those employers have been publicly named or shamed under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	20688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Since October 2013, HMRC has commenced 1004 investigations into National Minimum Wage (NMW) compliance that resulted in the issuing of a Notice of Underpayment (NoU). Of those:</p><p>- 165 employers were exempt from the NMW naming scheme on the basis that the total arrears were less than £100;</p><p>- 27 have made successful representations under the scheme and have not been named; and.</p><p>- 398 employers have been named under the scheme.</p><p>Employers are not named at the point when an NoU is issued. Under the National Minimum Wage regulations, employers have 28 days to appeal against an NoU. They then have a further 14 days to make representations to BIS against being named. We are currently considering the next batch of cases and expect to name more employers shortly.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/01/2016 17:38:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

432105

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 November (HL3548), what are the minimum wages in each EU member state, and what is their estimate of the effect on migration of the proposed increases in the UK minimum wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL3878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission’s National Minimum Wage Report 2015 outlines details of 2014 adult minimum wage rates in 12 comparator countries, including EU member states. Minimum wages vary in level and structure between countries given the context of their economic and labour market conditions. These comparisons are broken down in the table below.</p><br /><p>BIS has not undertaken any analysis of the effect of proposed minimum wage changes on migration.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Annex 3</strong>: Comparison of Adult Minimum Wage, by Country, End 2014</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>In national currency expressed as hourly rate<sup>a</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>In UK £, using:</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Date of last uprating</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>% increase in national currency from 2012/2013 to 2014</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Age full minimum wage usually applies<sup>b</sup></strong></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Exchange rates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PPPs</strong></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Australia<sup>c</sup> </strong></p></td><td><p>AUS$16.87</p></td><td><p>9.37</p></td><td><p>8.44</p></td><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>€ 8.67</p></td><td><p>6.88</p></td><td><p>7.80</p></td><td><p>Dec-12</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Canada<sup>d</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>C$10.39</p></td><td><p>5.79</p></td><td><p>6.29</p></td><td><p><sup>e</sup></p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>€ 9.53</p></td><td><p>7.54</p></td><td><p>8.57</p></td><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greece</strong></p></td><td><p>€3.52<sup>f</sup></p></td><td><p>2.73</p></td><td><p>3.82</p></td><td><p>Feb-12</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>€ 8.65</p></td><td><p>6.84</p></td><td><p>7.20</p></td><td><p>Jul-11<sup>g</sup></p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Japan<sup>h</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>JPY780</p></td><td><p>4.46</p></td><td><p>5.31</p></td><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>15/18<sup>i</sup></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>8.63<sup>j</sup></p></td><td><p>6.83</p></td><td><p>7.59</p></td><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>New Zealand</strong></p></td><td><p>NZ$14.25</p></td><td><p>7.12</p></td><td><p>7.05</p></td><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Portugal<sup>l</sup> </strong></p></td><td><p>€ 2.91</p></td><td><p>2.30</p></td><td><p>3.33</p></td><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spain<sup>l</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>€ 3.72</p></td><td><p>2.94</p></td><td><p>3.82</p></td><td><p>Jan-12</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p>$6.50</p></td><td><p>6.50</p></td><td><p>6.50</p></td><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United States</strong></p></td><td><p>US$7.25<sup>m</sup></p></td><td><p>4.45</p></td><td><p>5.63</p></td><td><p>Jul-09</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><p><em>Source:</em> British Embassies and High Commissions, Low Pay Commission (LPC) calculations of country minimum wage rates in pounds sterling using exchange rates and PPPs. PPPs derived from Comparative Price Levels (CPLs), OEDC Main Economic Indicators, September 2014. Exchange rates, Bank of England month average spot exchange rates, September 2014.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Notes:</em></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><p>a. For countries where the minimum wage is not expressed as an hourly rate, the rate has been converted to an hourly basis assuming a working time of 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week and 173.3 hours per month.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><p>b. Exemptions and special rules apply in many cases. For example, in France and the US the full adult rate applies to young workers with tenure of more than six and more than three months respectively.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>c. The Australian Federal National Minimum Wage Order, effective from first pay period on or after 1 July 2014.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>d. Weighted average of provincial/territorial rates.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>e. Date of last uprating varies between provinces.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>f. Minimum hourly rate for ‘employees’. Different hourly rate operates for ‘blue collar’ workers.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><p>g. The hourly minimum rate was reduced from €8.65 to €7.65 for adult workers on 1 Feb 2011. That reduction was reversed and the hourly rate went back up to €8.65 on 1 July 2011.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>h. Weighted average of prefectural rates.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>i. Age 15 to receive the regional minimum wage. Age 18 to receive the sectoral minimum wage.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><p>j. Excludes 8 per cent supplement for holiday pay. Minimum wage based on a 40 hour working week. There are different minimum wage rates for those working a 38 or 36 hour week.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>k. For all employees aged 16 and over, who are not either on the training minimum wage or the starting out minimum wage.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>l. Not including annual supplementary pay of two additional months of salary for full-time workers.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>m. Federal minimum wage. Tipped employees receive a lower minimum wage depending on state laws.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/12/2015 17:52:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

422128

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that workers in the United Kingdom currently earning below the minimum wage receive the minimum wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL2748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and responds to every complaint it receives. It also conducts programmes of targeted enforcement in sectors of the economy which have a high risk of non-compliance with the NMW. The Government increased HMRC’s budget for enforcing the NMW by £4m for 2015/16 to £13.2m.</p><br /><p>The Government announced in September an increase in HMRC’s enforcement funding for 2016/17, following the introduction of the National Living Wage in April 2016. The Government also announced a package of measures to strengthen NMW enforcement: increasing penalties from 100% to 200% of the arrears that employers owe; the setting up of a dedicated team in HMRC focused on tackling the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance; and the creation of a statutory Director of Labour Market Enforcement and Exploitation.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/10/2015 12:44:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

422150

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase enforcement rates for the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	12390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break the National Minimum Wage (NMW) law. In 2014/15, HMRC conducted 2,204 investigations into potential NMW non-compliance, totalling £3,291,529 of arrears for 26,318 workers.</p><p>This is up from 1,455 investigations conducted in 2013/14, totalling £4,645,547</p><p>of arrears for 22,610 workers.</p><br /><p>Building on our existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW. These include:</p><br /><ul><li>increasing penalties from 100% to 200% of the arrears employers owed.</li><li>the setting up of a dedicated team in Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) focused on tackling the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance.</li><li>increasing the enforcement budget in preparation for the National Minimum and Living Wage from April 2016.</li><li>the creation of a statutory Director of Labour Market Enforcement and Exploitation.</li></ul> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/10/2015 17:49:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms