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1714982

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date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times her Department has taken enforcement action against businesses for non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each financial year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	24254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. The government is clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it and takes robust enforcement action against employers who do not pay their staff correctly. HMRC enforces minimum wage regulations on behalf of DBT. <br></p><p>Table 1: National Minimum Wage arrears, workers identified, and penalties issued from 2015/16 – 2021/22. Statistics for 2022/23 have not been published yet.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Arrears</p></td><td><p>Number of workers</p></td><td><p>Penalties issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£10,281,396</p></td><td><p>58,080</p></td><td><p>815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£10,918,047</p></td><td><p>98,150</p></td><td><p>821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£15,615,609</p></td><td><p>201,785</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£24,447,919</p></td><td><p>221,581</p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£20,836,609</p></td><td><p>263,350</p></td><td><p>992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£16,758,324</p></td><td><p>155,196</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£16,316,841</p></td><td><p>120,295</p></td><td><p>696</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/05/2024 09:20:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1341952

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria he is using to assess the adequacy of the number of dentists.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	24254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) uses population data to identify locations that may have an over supply or under supply of dental professionals in training, both currently and projected for future years. HEE is working to develop training allocation models to provide more places in those areas which are undersupplied based on this data, which is intended to address medium and long-term supply.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of dentists who have carried out National Health Service activity by region during each financial year is published annually by NHS Digital as part of their NHS Dental Statistics collection. This, alongside other data held at regional level on the oral health needs of their population, is used to assess the adequacy of provision.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/07/2021 12:05:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1182216

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	New Businesses
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 business start-ups there were in (a) Bexley, (b) London and (c) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	24254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides ONS data on new business registrations for VAT and/or PAYE (ONS Business Demography 2018 – Enterprise births, deaths and survivals).</p><p> </p><p>To Note: Data is not available for periods earlier than 2013 or later than 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bexley</strong></p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>1,455</p></td><td><p>1,605</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>83,600</p></td><td><p>88,580</p></td><td><p>100,920</p></td><td><p>102,135</p></td><td><p>92,300</p></td><td><p>97,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>308,565</p></td><td><p>312,920</p></td><td><p>344,065</p></td><td><p>373,580</p></td><td><p>339,345</p></td><td><p>340,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/03/2020 17:56:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

447952

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2016 to Question 22791, what criteria are used by Work Coaches to assess a claimant's financial capability.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	24254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Work Coaches have the autonomy to tailor their discussions to meet the claimant’s needs and to determine the level of support and advice they require.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/01/2016 09:36:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms