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1271213

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the directorates within HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>A copy of the HMRC Organisational Structure as at 30 November 2020 is provided in the attached PDF.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 12:17:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name HMRC Directorates.pdf title HMRC Directorates PDF
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271214

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the (a) total headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staffing of each directorate of HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The table below details the headcount and full-time equivalent staffing in HMRC directorates on 30 November 2020:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>HMRC staff in post per Directorate as at 30 Nov 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directorate</p></td><td><p>Headcount (a)</p></td><td><p>FTE (b)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjudicators Office</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>54.24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefits &amp; Credits Delivery</p></td><td><p>4170</p></td><td><p>3499.67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Border Delivery Group</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders &amp; Trade</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11.17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders Design to Delivery</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>243.65</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders Strategies</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>43.72</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Tax &amp; Customs</p></td><td><p>4735</p></td><td><p>4312.07</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Assets &amp; International Policy</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>437.61</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG Central Services</p></td><td><p>851</p></td><td><p>833.28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG Transformation</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>35.86</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDIO - Core</p></td><td><p>2795</p></td><td><p>2677.99</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDIO - CSIR</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>222.59</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CFO Corporate Support</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>84.17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CFO Transformation Programmes</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>130.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change, Assurance and Investment</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29.82</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial Directorate</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>130.41</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate Centre</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39.48</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate Finance</p></td><td><p>1344</p></td><td><p>1132.11</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Counter Avoidance Directorate</p></td><td><p>1512</p></td><td><p>1389.04</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID-19</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>78.53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CS Director General</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19.85</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CS&amp;TD Business Architecture</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>16.73</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSG Transformation</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>255.57</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cust Exp, Professionalism, EU Transition</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>265.61</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customer Insight &amp; Design</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>444.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customs &amp; Borders Directorate</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>562.78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customs Transformation</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>286.23</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management</p></td><td><p>4722</p></td><td><p>4218.44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estates</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>578.91</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Transition Unit</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>87.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXCOM</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>24.81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Planning &amp; Performance</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>285.11</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud Investigation Service</p></td><td><p>4991</p></td><td><p>4721.36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Banking Service</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>32.82</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Change Portfolio</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>78.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Communications</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>252.86</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Strategies</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>67.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HR</p></td><td><p>1606</p></td><td><p>1488.51</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indirect Tax Directorate</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>283.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Individuals &amp; Small Business Compliance</p></td><td><p>9056</p></td><td><p>8484.68</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Individuals Policy</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>292.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Internal Audit</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>65.02</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Investment Planning Team</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge, Analysis &amp; Intelligence</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>524.44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large Business Service</p></td><td><p>2328</p></td><td><p>2187.96</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MTDB Transformation Programmes</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>222.31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Off Payroll Working Programme</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>49.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Excellence &amp; Output Mgmt</p></td><td><p>1219</p></td><td><p>1094.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PDC Customer Strategy &amp; Tax Design</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>149.71</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PT Operations</p></td><td><p>8551</p></td><td><p>7182.51</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risk &amp; Intelligence</p></td><td><p>3063</p></td><td><p>2851.52</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Office</p></td><td><p>1381</p></td><td><p>1295.96</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surge &amp; ODP</p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td><p>542.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Administration</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>320.36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Strategy &amp; Professionalism</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>80.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Organisational Capabilities</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trader Support Service (TSS)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13.35</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealthy &amp; Mid-sized Business Compliance</p></td><td><p>4024</p></td><td><p>3695.94</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other *</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>64110</p></td><td><p>58466.88</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* There are eight people unassigned to a directorate as they are either non-Executive directors, or employees whose identity is withheld for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 11:21:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271215

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days have (a) posts, (b) director-level posts and (c) director-general-level posts been vacant in HMRC in each month of each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested concerning the number of posts vacant in HMRC in each month of the last five years cannot be provided, as this data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 11:27:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271216

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) director-level staff and (c) director-general-level staff have left a post in HMRC in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The HMRC HR system does not identify the information requested by Director, or Director General grade, although HMRC can extract the information for all Senior Civil Service (SCS).</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five years, 27,175 staff have left HMRC, 181 of whom were members of the SCS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Leavers Data</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grades below SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCS Grades</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>1418</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>2056</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>5982</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 - March 2019</p></td><td><p>7097</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>7151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 - March 2020</p></td><td><p>6511</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>6556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020 - November 2020</p></td><td><p>3930</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>3974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>26,994</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>27,175</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 10:50:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271217

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) director-level staff and (c) director-general-level staff have taken up a post in HMRC in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The HMRC HR system does not identify the information requested by Director, or Director General grade, although HMRC can extract the information for all Senior Civil Service (SCS).</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five years, 38,681 staff have taken up post, 156 of whom are members of the SCS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Entrants Data</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grades below SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCS Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>8336</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>8720</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>8746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>4367</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>4407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 - March 2019</p></td><td><p>6023</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>6055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 - March 2020</p></td><td><p>5897</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>5932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020 - November 2020</p></td><td><p>5182</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>38525</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>38681</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 10:54:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271218

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints there have been of racist behaviour in the workplace in HMRC in each of the last five years, by directorate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text Since 2016 there have been 38 complaints categorised under race, detailed below.<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Formal Complaints recorded under race category</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 (to date)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Release of these figures by directorate would breach HMRC’s statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, as it could lead to identification of the individuals concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for formal complaints recorded under the ‘race’ category. It is possible that other complaints may have included a racial element, but if that was not deemed the primary reason for the complaint it could have been recorded under a different category.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 11:25:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271219

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints there have been of sexist behaviour in the workplace in HMRC in each of the last five years, by directorate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>Since 2016 there have been 22 complaints of sexist behaviour as detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Formal Complaints recorded under sex category</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 (to date)</p></td><td><p>less than 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On the request to break these figures down further by directorate, releasing this data would breach HMRC’s statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, as it could lead to identification of the individuals concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for formal complaints recorded under the ‘sex’ category, which includes sex discrimination and sexual harassment. It is possible that other complaints may have had an aspect of sexist behaviour, but if it was not the primary reason for the complaint it could have been recorded under a different category.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2020 15:08:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271220

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been investigated by HMRC for potential infractions of the National Minimum Wage, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>A majority of NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, which include penalties of up to 200% of the arrears, and public naming and, for the worst offences, criminal prosecution. Prosecution does not guarantee payment of arrears to workers, can be lengthy, is expensive for the taxpayer, and is generally reserved for the most serious cases that form part of a pattern of wider criminality. Cases are referred to the Crown Prosecution Service who decide whether or not to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a strong enforcement record on NMW and since 2010-11 have completed nearly 25,000 NMW investigations, identifying over £100 million in national minimum wage arrears for over 950,000 workers and levying more than £59 million in penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for businesses that HMRC have investigated, prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed following a prosecution, totalling £27,423 for breaches of National Minimum Wage legislation since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of businesses investigated</p></td><td><p>Number of prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Fines for prosecuted employers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>2901</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£3,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>1696</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>1455</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 2015</p></td><td><p>2204</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016</p></td><td><p>2667</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 – 2017</p></td><td><p>2674</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£19,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – 2018</p></td><td><p>2402</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£2,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 – 2019</p></td><td><p>3018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 - 2020</p></td><td><p>3376</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130040 130041 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:24:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271221

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been taken to court by HMRC for potential infractions of the National Minimum Wage, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>A majority of NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, which include penalties of up to 200% of the arrears, and public naming and, for the worst offences, criminal prosecution. Prosecution does not guarantee payment of arrears to workers, can be lengthy, is expensive for the taxpayer, and is generally reserved for the most serious cases that form part of a pattern of wider criminality. Cases are referred to the Crown Prosecution Service who decide whether or not to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a strong enforcement record on NMW and since 2010-11 have completed nearly 25,000 NMW investigations, identifying over £100 million in national minimum wage arrears for over 950,000 workers and levying more than £59 million in penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for businesses that HMRC have investigated, prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed following a prosecution, totalling £27,423 for breaches of National Minimum Wage legislation since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of businesses investigated</p></td><td><p>Number of prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Fines for prosecuted employers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>2901</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£3,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>1696</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>1455</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 2015</p></td><td><p>2204</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016</p></td><td><p>2667</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 – 2017</p></td><td><p>2674</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£19,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – 2018</p></td><td><p>2402</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£2,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 – 2019</p></td><td><p>3018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 - 2020</p></td><td><p>3376</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130039 130041 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:24:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

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registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have fined following court proceedings brought by HMRC in relation to non-payment of the national minimum wage in each of the last ten years; and what the sum total was of those fines in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>A majority of NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, which include penalties of up to 200% of the arrears, and public naming and, for the worst offences, criminal prosecution. Prosecution does not guarantee payment of arrears to workers, can be lengthy, is expensive for the taxpayer, and is generally reserved for the most serious cases that form part of a pattern of wider criminality. Cases are referred to the Crown Prosecution Service who decide whether or not to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a strong enforcement record on NMW and since 2010-11 have completed nearly 25,000 NMW investigations, identifying over £100 million in national minimum wage arrears for over 950,000 workers and levying more than £59 million in penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for businesses that HMRC have investigated, prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed following a prosecution, totalling £27,423 for breaches of National Minimum Wage legislation since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of businesses investigated</p></td><td><p>Number of prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Fines for prosecuted employers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>2901</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£3,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>1696</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>1455</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 2015</p></td><td><p>2204</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016</p></td><td><p>2667</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 – 2017</p></td><td><p>2674</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£19,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – 2018</p></td><td><p>2402</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£2,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 – 2019</p></td><td><p>3018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 - 2020</p></td><td><p>3376</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130039 130040 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:24:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson