We are committed to taking robust enforcement action to ensure that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum or Living Wage receives it.<\/p>
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We have more than doubled the budget for minimum wage compliance and enforcement since 2015; it is now at a record high of £27.4 million.<\/p>
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To clarify, since 1999, minimum wage arrears worth over £118 million have been paid to 835,000 workers. In the year 2018/19 alone, £24.4m of wage arrears were identified, owed to more than 220,000 workers.<\/p>
<\/p>
The transcript error within the Official Report has now been corrected.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130141/answer/previousversion/121640", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-13T13:05:15.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Minimum Wage"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral answer of the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility on 4 June 2019, Official Report, column 53, what the evidential basis is for her statement that in 2019, £118 million has been paid back to more than 220,000 workers who were underpaid the minimum wage.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4607", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephanie Peacock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephanie Peacock"} ], "uin" : "260711"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130150", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130150/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government is committed to creating a labour market that works for everyone. Through the Good Work Plan - the biggest upgrade to workers\u2019 rights in a generation - we set out a number of measures to improve state enforcement of core employment rights. In addition to introducing state enforcement of holiday pay for vulnerable workers, we also committed to expand agency worker protections to cover umbrella companies. In light of this expansion of the State\u2019s role, we will consider the case for a single labour market enforcement body, which would bring together the relevant enforcement functions of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, HMRC\u2019s National Minimum Wage team and the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate. Proposals will be published in due coursefor public consultation.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-12T14:21:51.2Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Labour Market"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the public consultation on proposals for a single labour market enforcement body.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4607", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephanie Peacock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephanie Peacock"} ], "uin" : "260712"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130344", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130344/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government is clear that all employers are responsible for paying their staff correctly. Anyone entitled to the Minimum Wage should receive it. We have more than doubled the budget for minimum wage compliance and enforcement since 2015; it is now at a record high of £27.4 million.<\/p>
<\/p>
Last year was a record year for NMW enforcement. Across the 2018/19 financial year HMRC identified a record £24.4 million in minimum wage arrears, for over 220,000 workers. HMRC completed almost 3,000 investigations; issuing £17 million in financial penalties to over 1,000 non-compliant employers.<\/p>
<\/p>
Since 2007, 14 employers have been successfully prosecuted for underpaying the Minimum Wage. HMRC issued 7 Labour Market Enforcement Undertakings in the 2018/19 financial year.<\/p>
<\/p>
This information will be covered in more detail in BEIS\u2019 Minimum Wage Enforcement and Compliance report, which we will publish in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-11T15:49:03.763Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Minimum Wage: Enforcement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the (a) underpayment of the national minimum wage by employers, (b) amount of arrears and fines paid by employers for underpayment of the national minimum wage and (c) number of successful prosecutions of employers for underpayment of the national minimum wage for the 2018-19 financial year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4607", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephanie Peacock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephanie Peacock"} ], "uin" : "261273"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131347", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131347/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Immigration Act 2016 introduced the provision for three labour market enforcement bodies to serve labour market enforcement undertakings (LMEU) and orders (LMEO): the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs \u2013 National Minimum Wage Team (HMRC \u2013 NMW).<\/p>
<\/p>
To date, no prosecution has resulted from breaching a labour market enforcement undertaking or order.<\/p>
<\/p>
Each enforcement body has a different legal framework for the disclosure of information related to LMEUs. Both EAS and HMRC \u2013 NMW cannot disclose the name of the employers or the nature of the offences without informed consent from the employers involved as this would be in breach of their respective customer confidentiality clauses. Section 9 of the Employment Agency Act precludes EAS from publishing the name or details of enforcement action without the permission of the employment business or agencies involved. Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 precludes HMRC from disclosing/sharing information about an individual or taxpayer to a third party.<\/p>
<\/p>
The GLAA routinely discloses the dates and the type of trigger offences for which its LMEUs are served. Whilst the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 does not preclude the GLAA from disclosing the names of the recipients of LMEUs, the GLAA does not deem appropriate to release their identity. Identity disclosure would defeat the purpose of LMEUs which are a voluntary agreement meant to be a proportionate sanction to encourage compliant behaviour from the recipient.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The table below displays the information that could be disclosed by the three enforcement bodies:<\/p>
<\/p>
Enforcement Body<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of LMEU served<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Date of commencement<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Trigger offence<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> EAS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 04/04/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 03/04/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> GLAA<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 20/03/18<\/p><\/td> All these LMEUs have been issued for trigger offences under section 12 and 13 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 which respectively refer to acting as an unlicensed gangmaster and using labour supplied by an unlicensed gangmaster.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 22/05/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 21/06/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 13/07/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 23/07/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 16/08/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3<\/p><\/td> 21/08/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 31/12/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4<\/p><\/td> 15/04/19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 26/04/19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> HMRC - NMW<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 19/06/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 27/06/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 21/08/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 05/11/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 22/10/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 30/10/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 16/11/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 07/03/19<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Total: 28<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260093, on what dates each labour market enforcement undertaking was applied; to which employers such undertakings were applied; and on the basis of what trigger offence in each case.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131353/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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 \u2013 a record number since the introduction of the National Living Wage in 2016.<\/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> 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>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131359", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131359/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Enforcement of the National Minimum and National Living Wage (NMW) is a priority for the Government. We remain committed to naming employers who break the law. The review of the NMW Naming Scheme will be concluded during the summer and will be communicated through changes to our published NMW Enforcement policy documents.<\/p> <\/p> HM Revenue and Customs\u2019 NMW team continues to collate cases to be passed to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for consideration under the NMW Naming Scheme.<\/p> <\/p> When naming resumes, all cases which have closed since publication of the previous naming round will be considered for naming in line with the published policy.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "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, when the Government resumes naming employers found underpaying the National Minimum Wage, whether they will name all employers who have been found to be underpaying since the last naming round on 6 July 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131387/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Immigration Act 2016 introduced the provision for three labour market enforcement bodies to serve labour market enforcement undertakings (LMEU) and orders (LMEO): the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs \u2013 National Minimum Wage Team (HMRC \u2013 NMW).<\/p> <\/p> To date, no prosecution has resulted from breaching a labour market enforcement undertaking or order.<\/p> <\/p> Each enforcement body has a different legal framework for the disclosure of information related to LMEUs. Both EAS and HMRC \u2013 NMW cannot disclose the name of the employers or the nature of the offences without informed consent from the employers involved as this would be in breach of their respective customer confidentiality clauses. Section 9 of the Employment Agency Act precludes EAS from publishing the name or details of enforcement action without the permission of the employment business or agencies involved. Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 precludes HMRC from disclosing/sharing information about an individual or taxpayer to a third party.<\/p> <\/p> The GLAA routinely discloses the dates and the type of trigger offences for which its LMEUs are served. Whilst the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 does not preclude the GLAA from disclosing the names of the recipients of LMEUs, the GLAA does not deem appropriate to release their identity. Identity disclosure would defeat the purpose of LMEUs which are a voluntary agreement meant to be a proportionate sanction to encourage compliant behaviour from the recipient.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The table below displays the information that could be disclosed by the three enforcement bodies:<\/p> <\/p> Enforcement Body<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of LMEU served<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Date of commencement<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Trigger offence<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> EAS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 04/04/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 03/04/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> GLAA<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 20/03/18<\/p><\/td> All these LMEUs have been issued for trigger offences under section 12 and 13 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 which respectively refer to acting as an unlicensed gangmaster and using labour supplied by an unlicensed gangmaster.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 22/05/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 21/06/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 13/07/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 23/07/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 16/08/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3<\/p><\/td> 21/08/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 31/12/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4<\/p><\/td> 15/04/19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 26/04/19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> HMRC - NMW<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 19/06/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 27/06/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 21/08/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 05/11/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 22/10/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 30/10/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 16/11/18<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/p><\/td> 07/03/19<\/p><\/td> Not disclosed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Total: 28<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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