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Immigration

Answer

The accompanying table sets out the number of civil penalties issued and the average and maximum fine (it is not practical to list the amount of each fine because of the numbers involved) imposed by the UK Border Agency for the period 1 March 2008 to 24 February 2010 and the number of fines issued in criminal courts for 2006 to 2008. These data are derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and liable to change. Employers against whom civil penalties have been issued by the UK Border Agency for the last three months including the amount of civil penalty imposed can be found on the UK Border Agency website at: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors/listemployers penalties/ This is updated quarterly. Data on the number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty in 2007 and 2008, of offences relating to employing a person subject to immigration control, are published by the Home Office in table 3.4 of the Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2008, which is available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at: www.home office.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html Data for 2008 remain provisional and subject to change. Data for 2009 will be published in summer 2010. Civil penalties Issued for employing illegal worker(1), 1 March 2008-24 February 2010*

	2008	2009	2010
Average civil penalty	9,652	10,073	9,246
Maximum civil penalty(2)	95,000	165,000	61,250
Number of civil penalties issued	1,168	2,271	428

"(1) Civil penalties issued under Section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006""(2) Civil penalties can be up to £10,000 per illegal worker""* These figures have been drawn from a UK Border Agency management information system.""Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional." "(2) Civil penalties can be up to £10,000 per illegal worker""* These figures have been drawn from a UK Border Agency management information system.""Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional." "* These figures have been drawn from a UK Border Agency management information system.""Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional." "Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional." Fines issued in criminal courts for employing an Illegal worker(3) by amount of fine(3), 2006-20084(4)**

	2006	2007	2008
£l -£500	3	13	9
£501-£1000	1	6	12
£1001-£2500	2	3	13
£2501-£5000	1	1	0
Over £5000	0	0	1

"(3) Offences under S.8 Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 or S.21 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006""(4) Data for 2009 will become available once 'Sentencing Statistics 2009' is published in the autumn""(5) The statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the magistrates' court is £5,000. There is no statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the Crown court""**These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system""This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "(4) Data for 2009 will become available once 'Sentencing Statistics 2009' is published in the autumn""(5) The statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the magistrates' court is £5,000. There is no statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the Crown court""**These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system""This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "(5) The statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the magistrates' court is £5,000. There is no statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the Crown court""**These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system""This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "**These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system""This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system""This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the ""principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)" "Ref: SENT(JSAS)055-10 (26/02/2010)"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2197; 718 c18-20WA

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Business Employment Undocumented migrants Fines

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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