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Employers have a responsibility to check that their employees have the right to
work in the United Kingdom and this duty is underpinned by criminal and civil
sanctions.
The Home Office only holds data on individual prosecutions on its National
Operations Database from 2012.
(a) Five employers were charged in 2012 and five employers were charged in 2013
for an offence of knowingly employing illegal workers under section 21 of the
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
(2) Figures relate to employers charged (offence recorded as IAN 2006 S21)
between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013 recorded on the National Operations
Database (NODMMX).
(3) Figures relate to individuals who may have been charged for more than one
offence under section 21.
(4) Figures rounded to nearest 5. In compliance with legislation such as the
Data Protection Act 1998 and Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Official
Statistics, we are required to preserve the confidentiality of the data we
collect, process and disseminate. In order to prevent the disclosure of
personal information counts of individuals are rounded to the nearest multiple
of 5.
(5) Data extracted on 20 March 2014.
(b) Under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, fewer
than five employers were successfully prosecuted in 2012 and five employers
were successfully prosecuted in 2013.
(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
(2) Figures relate to employers successfully prosecuted (offence recorded as
IAN 2006 S21) between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013 recorded on the
National Operations Database (NODMMX).
(3) Figures relate to individuals.
(4) Years refer to date of prosecution and charges may have been laid in the
same or a previous year.
(5) In compliance with legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and
Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, we are required to
preserve the confidentiality of the data we collect, process and disseminate.
In order to prevent the disclosure of personal information counts of
individuals are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.
(6) Data extracted on 20 March 2014.
The Civil Penalty Notices in the table below were issued to employers for
breaching the illegal working provisions in Section 15 of the Immigration,
Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 in each year since 2010.
The figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited
business addresses.
Please note the figures are for penalties levied at the initial decision stage
which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or
appeal stage.<\/p>
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| 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2010<\/td> | 2092<\/td><\/tr> |
| 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011<\/td> | 1424<\/td><\/tr> |
| 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012<\/td> | 1215<\/td><\/tr> |
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