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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses were found to be employing workers for less than the minimum wage in (a) Leicester and (b) England, in each year since the minimum wage was introduced; and how many (i) were fined and (ii) were forced to cease trading. [223488] Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply. The Inland Revenue did not start recording the information requested until April 2000. The number of cases identified by NMW teams based in England where non compliance of minimum wage was identified: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 1,505 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 1,345 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 1,476 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 1,660 1 April 2004 to date 1,153 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. For these cases a total of 55 Penalty notices have been issued throughout this period. A penalty notice may be issued where an employer fails to comply with an enforcement notice. The Leicester NMW team was formed in April 2002 and the number of cases identified where non compliance of NMW was identified is as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 38 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 83 1 April 2004 to date 50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Leicester team have not issued any penalty notices to date. We do not hold information on the number of employers who ceased trading.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1219-20W; 223488

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Business Closures Enforcement Fines Minimum wage Leicester

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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