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Written question asked by Aidan Burley (Conservative) on Monday, 9 December 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 2013. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Monday, 6 January 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.

Illegal Immigrants: Employment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information requested has been provided. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited business addresses.

Penalties issued in Cannock Chase constituency
 Penalties issued in Staffordshire (excluding Cannock Chase)
2009
 3
 35
2010
 0
 33
2011
 1
 17
2012
 1
 12
2013 (up to 31 October)
 2
 8
Note:
The figures provided are sourced from a Home Office management information system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols and is subject to change due to internal data quality checking. Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional.

Please note the figures are for penalties issued at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
178959; 573 c29W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Employment Undocumented migrants Staffordshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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