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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2014 to Question 209683 to the hon. Member for Stourbridge, what assessment he has made of the factors that resulted in there being no prosecutions for not paying the national minimum wage in each of the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100298", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100298/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Over the summer Ministers and officials undertook extensive discussions with a wide range of stakeholders regarding changes to DSA.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100304/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A variety of information is already available to students, both through the Unistats website - <a href=\"http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/<\/a> - and from individual Institutions. Institutions are considering what additional information may be necessary in light of the announcement on changes to the Disabled Students\u2019 Allowance.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/197", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100311/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC does not keep data in a format to enable provision of the statistics requested on the amount of arrears paid or not paid to workers. HMRC contacts every employer whom they find has paid workers below the National Minimum Wage to confirm that they have paid the identified arrears to the workers. In addition, where it has found arrears for five or fewer workers it will contact all the workers to confirm payment by the employer. In cases involving arrears for more than five workers it will contact a minimum sample of five workers to confirm payment by the employer. HMRC will pursue non-payment of arrears through civil recovery action.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and will always investigate any case of possible National Minimum Wage abuse. Therefore there will always be variation in the number of cases investigated within specific sectors.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100315/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC does not keep data in a format to enable provision of the statistics requested on the amount of arrears paid or not paid to workers. HMRC contacts every employer whom they find has paid workers below the National Minimum Wage to confirm that they have paid the identified arrears to the workers. In addition, where it has found arrears for five or fewer workers it will contact all the workers to confirm payment by the employer. In cases involving arrears for more than five workers it will contact a minimum sample of five workers to confirm payment by the employer. HMRC will pursue non-payment of arrears through civil recovery action.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and will always investigate any case of possible National Minimum Wage abuse. Therefore there will always be variation in the number of cases investigated within specific sectors.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 209191, for what reason fewer HM Revenue and Customs investigations into the home-care sector were carried out in 2013-14 than 2012-13.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100232/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold records of employees charged with all types of criminal activity.<\/p><p>Whilst the vast majority of its staff are honest and hard working, NOMS is committed to detecting, deterring and disrupting all corrupt behaviour by individuals working in prisons. A dedicated NOMS Corruption Prevention Unit was set up to ensure staff corruption is identified and tackled. As part of this work NOMS has compiled a central record of staff convicted of criminal offences which meet the NOMS definition of corruption.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The NOMS definition is: Corruption occurs when a person in a position of authority or trust abuses their position for their or another person\u2019s benefit or gain. This would include the misuse of their role in order to plan or commit a criminal act, or a deliberate failure to act to prevent criminal behaviour.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The central record does not therefore include all types of criminality as not all offences meet the definition.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There were 23 convictions for corruption-related offences during 2013. A breakdown of the different sentences is provided below.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sentences<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>4 years 6 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>4 years imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>3 years imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 year 9 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 year 4 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 year 1 month imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 year imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>9 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>8 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>6 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>4 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>10 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>12 month custodial sentence suspended for 2 years.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>11 months custodial sentence suspended for a year<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>9 months custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, 200 hours community service<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>8 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years and a 6 month residency order<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years, 100 hours unpaid work<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>12 months Community Order, 150 hours unpaid work<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>100 hours community service and 12 months probation<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Community Order. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £60 to complainants<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>The total number of convictions by year for corruption-related offences is shown in the table below. The number of convictions has remained broadly constant over the last five years.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>23<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>18<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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