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1198751

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were referred to HMRC from (a) ACAS, (b) Citizens Advice and (c) individuals relating to workers being unpaid or paid less than the National Minimum Wage for internship roles in each year since 2015; how many of those complaints were investigated by HMRC; and how many of those complaints resulted in a prosecution against an employer.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	51946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it. All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC investigate all complaints from workers; and if anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or via the online complaints form using the link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints</a> .</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also promote NMW compliance by engaging workers and employers to raise awareness of their rights and obligations. For internships, HMRC routinely contact employers who advertise these roles, signposting them to NMW guidance to help ensure they are compliant at the outset.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015-16, HMRC has received 152 National Minimum Wage complaints from workers undertaking internships.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACAS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other Direct*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Citizens Advice</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total intern complaints</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016**</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Other Direct complaints are all those which have come through a route other than ACAS, i.e. the online complaints form, email or letter</p><p>**Data is not held to allow the complaint channel to be identified for 2015/16, and all have been recorded as ACAS.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecution applies to the most serious non-compliance, and since 2007 HMRC investigations have led to 15 successful prosecutions of employers for NMW related offences. There have been no prosecutions relating to internship cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2020 16:03:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1173629

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which employers have been named by the national minimum wage enforcement unit for non-compliance in the last three years; and what criteria her Department uses to decide on naming an employer.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	8456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The current NMW Naming Scheme commenced in 2013; employers named for National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance since then, and the policy document which sets out how the scheme operates, can be found on gov.uk.</p><p>Following a recommendation from the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, the NMW Naming Scheme is currently under review and the Department will shortly publish the outcome of that work. This will detail any changes we are making to the scheme to ensure its continued effectiveness as a deterrent to non-compliance.</p><p>All employers who meet the eligibility criteria for naming are given a chance to make a representation as to why they should not be named. Exemptions to naming can be granted in line with the published exemption criteria. In the most recent naming round in July 2018, 95% of eligible cases were ultimately named.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 8457 question first answered 03/02/2020 14:55:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 4126 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173630

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many employers that were identified as non-compliant by the national minimum wage enforcement unit were not publicly named.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	8457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The current NMW Naming Scheme commenced in 2013; employers named for National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance since then, and the policy document which sets out how the scheme operates, can be found on gov.uk.</p><p>Following a recommendation from the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, the NMW Naming Scheme is currently under review and the Department will shortly publish the outcome of that work. This will detail any changes we are making to the scheme to ensure its continued effectiveness as a deterrent to non-compliance.</p><p>All employers who meet the eligibility criteria for naming are given a chance to make a representation as to why they should not be named. Exemptions to naming can be granted in line with the published exemption criteria. In the most recent naming round in July 2018, 95% of eligible cases were ultimately named.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 8456 question first answered 03/02/2020 14:55:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 4127 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1172052

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department plans to publish the outcomes of the review of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme announced in June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	5461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone entitled to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. This is why we have more than doubled the compliance and enforcement budget for the NMW and NLW to £27.4 million for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p>I have reviewed the National Minimum Wage Naming scheme and the Department will shortly publish the outcome of that review. This will detail the changes we are making to the scheme to ensure its continued effectiveness as a deterrent to non-compliance. Following this, we will resume the naming of employers who breach NMW legislation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 5462 question first answered 23/01/2020 14:39:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1172054

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department plans to publish its next list of employers for National Minimum Wage breaches under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	5462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone entitled to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. This is why we have more than doubled the compliance and enforcement budget for the NMW and NLW to £27.4 million for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p>I have reviewed the National Minimum Wage Naming scheme and the Department will shortly publish the outcome of that review. This will detail the changes we are making to the scheme to ensure its continued effectiveness as a deterrent to non-compliance. Following this, we will resume the naming of employers who breach NMW legislation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 5461 question first answered 23/01/2020 14:39:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1169432

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to her Written Statement of 7 January 2020, Official Report HCWS20, whether an equality impact assessment was carried out when setting those national minimum wage rates.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	1355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This April, the Government will be increasing the National Living Wage by 6.2% to £8.72, meeting the Government’s target of reaching 60% of median earnings by 2020. Younger workers and apprentices will also see inflation beating increases in the NMW rates of between 4.6% and 6.5%. The Low Pay Commission estimates that these increases to the NMW and NLW will directly benefit over 2.8 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>An equality impact assessment was carried out when setting these minimum wage rates. The evidence suggests that there will be disproportionate positive wage impacts on protected groups as a result of the proposed increase in the minimum wage rates. As in previous years, the equality impact assessment will be published within the Government’s full impact assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1148138

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	294237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1142298

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme; and when she plans to resume naming employers under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	282556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to taking tough action against employers who underpay the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage (NMW). Our budget for enforcement and compliance stands at a record high and last year HM Revenue and Customs issued a record £17 million in penalties to employers who broke the rules.</p><p>We are in the process of concluding the evaluation of the NMW Naming Scheme. Any changes made to the Scheme will be made through an updated version of our published enforcement policy in due course, following which regular naming of employers who have breached NMW rules will resume.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/09/2019 15:23:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1132535

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263213 on Conditions of Employment, whether the employers subject to labour market enforcement undertakings for non-payment of the national minimum wage will be considered for naming when the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme resumes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	265603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is a priority for the Government. We have more than doubled the budget for NMW compliance and enforcement since 2015, to a record high of £27.4 million. The 2018/19 financial year was a record year for NMW enforcement; HMRC identified £24.4 million in arrears across 3,018 cases – a record number since the introduction of the National Living Wage in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the published NMW enforcement policy, any employer who have been issued a Notice of Underpayment resulting from a breach of National Minimum Wage law will be considered for naming under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This applies regardless of whether the employer is also subject to a Labour Market Enforcement Undertaking or Order.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/06/2019 09:03:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1131353

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260713 on Minimum Wage, how many employers were (a) found to be non-compliant with the National Minimum Wage, (b) prosecuted for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage, (c) subject to labour market enforcement undertakings or orders in relation to non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage and (d) named under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	263214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that National Minimum Wage (NMW) enforcement is a priority and we take tough action against the minority of employers who underpay. We have more than doubled the budget for NMW compliance and enforcement since 2015, to a record high of £27.4 million. The 2018/19 financial year was a record year for NMW enforcement; HMRC identified £24.4 million in arrears across 3,018 cases – a record number since the introduction of the National Living Wage in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC issued seven labour market undertakings in 2018/19 and there are currently seven cases at various stages of the criminal investigation process. We strike a careful balance with our enforcement; working with and educating employers to make sure they pay their workers correctly whilst tackling the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance. Prosecution is reserved for the most egregious breaches of minimum wage law and, in most cases, it is not the best approach to help workers. Criminal sanctions against companies can mean that workers end up waiting considerably longer for their lost earnings to be repaid.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19 the Government named 239 employers as part of the NMW Naming Scheme, covering over £1.4 million in arrears for 22,361 workers. The scheme is currently under review to ensure that it best fulfils its purpose, and we will conclude this work during the summer.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/06/2019 09:57:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock