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65407

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil enforcement actions HM Revenue and Customs has taken against employers over non-payment of the minimum wage in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) review every complaint that is referred to them, investigating the complaint and, in addition, carrying out targeted enforcement where we identify a high risk of non-payment of NMW.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of employers identified as paying below the NMW will pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment, i.e. civil enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer on 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 110W, for the number of non-compliant employers for the period requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2014 14:39:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65408

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs use to determine whether a case where an employer is paying one or more employees less than the minimum wage is pursued by the civil route or the criminal route.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for National Minimum Wage (NMW) policy, including the policy on compliance and enforcement. HM Revenue and Customs enforces the NMW Act on behalf of BIS.</p><p> </p><p>BIS have set out how the Government operates the civil and criminal enforcement of the NMW in a policy document headed ‘Policy on HM Revenue and Customs enforcement, prosecutions and naming employers who break national minimum wage law (March 2014)'. This document is available on-line at www.gov.uk/government/publications/enforcing-national-minimum-wage-law</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2014 14:49:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65409

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 10 largest amounts of unpaid arrears were that were imposed in the last five years against employers who paid one or more employees less than the minimum wage; and whether any of those employers were prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review every complaint that is referred to them, investigating the complaint and, in addition, carrying out targeted enforcement where they identify a high risk of non-payment of NMW.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the 10 largest amounts of arrears identified. The majority of employers identified as paying below the NMW will pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment, i.e. civil enforcement action. The 1998 Act makes provision for criminal proceedings to be brought for offences under section 31 of that Act, and those offences cover a range of possible non-compliant behaviours. Criminal proceedings were not commenced in the 10 cases listed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Large arrears identified between 2009 to present</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£724,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£690,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£653,491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£400,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£297,361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£211,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£203,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£193,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£187,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£168,592</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the cases above that occurred after April 2009, the maximum penalty was charged.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has increased the financial penalty percentage that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law from 50% to 100% and the maximum penalty has increased from £5,000 to £20,000. The revised penalty is calculated as 100% of the total underpayment for all of the workers specified in a Notice of Underpayment relating to pay reference periods that commence on or after 7 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/07/2014 15:01:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65406

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the sum was of unpaid wages involved in each of the cases where employers have been prosecuted for non-payment of the minimum wage since 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them, investigating the complaint and, in addition, carrying out targeted enforcement where we identify a high risk of non-payment of NMW.</p><p> </p><p>With the agreement of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, HMRC started prosecution for minimum wage offences from August 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The total sum of arrears involved in cases where employers have been prosecuted is £20,034.</p><p> </p><p>Criminal investigations do not guarantee arrears being paid to workers and are reserved only for the most serious cases. The Government is cracking down on employers who break the law and have increased the financial penalty percentage that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law from 50 per cent to 100 per cent and the maximum penalty has increased from £5,000 to £20,000. The revised penalty is calculated as 100 per cent of the total underpayment for all of the workers specified in a Notice of Underpayment relating to pay reference periods that commence on or after 7 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2014 09:51:38 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65379

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration (MR) is operating.</p><p> </p><p>However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:22:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry