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<p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum
Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><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>HMRC investigate
all complaints from workers referred by the Acas helpline, or received via the online
complaints form.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of staff employed by HMRC since 2009-2010
to carry out National Minimum Wage enforcement is provided in the table below.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of Full Time
Equivalent (FTE) staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>There are also additional staff across HMRC who contribute to enforcing the
NMW including lawyers, technical advisers, and those specialising in criminal investigations.
These staff are not included in the numbers outlined above.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do
not hold accurate data on regional staff numbers going back to 2009-10. However, most
recently, for 2019-20 there were 442 full-time equivalent NMW enforcement staff working
from 22 locations in 12 regions across the country:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number
of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater
London</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>442</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>As a national operation, it is common for staff based in one region to work
cases in another.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been increasing funding for NMW
enforcement year-on-year. This has enabled a significant expansion of resources dedicated
to enforcing the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a yearly breakdown
of funding received for NMW enforcement from 2009/10 to 2020/21.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding
for NMW enforcement (millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£9.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£20.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£25.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£26.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£26.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>It is not possible to provide an accurate regional breakdown of the NMW enforcement
budget.</p><p> </p>
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