I understand that the office of the hon. Member asked for information about employment tribunal costs to be included in my answer to this question.

Data on costs awards made by employment tribunals are published annually as Official Statistics. Data for the financial year 2012-13 (the latest data available) can be found as part of the statistical release for tribunals published in September 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2013 (see in particular Table E.12).

Parties awarded costs are responsible for initiating enforcement proceedings in the event of non-payment. Data on any enforcement proceedings initiated in respect of employment tribunal costs awards is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

In relation to civil courts, no central record exists of the total amount of costs awarded. Nor is there a central record of the level of satisfaction of costs awards made.

In London, there is in general a ban on parking on the footway. Outside London, local authorities have wide-ranging powers to make traffic regulation orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area. The former Transport Minister, the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker), wrote to local authorities in February 2011 urging them to take up these powers. Local authorities with civil parking enforcement (CPE) powers are responsible for parking enforcement, including that relating to the footway.

In addition, the Department has developed and authorised new traffic signs for local authorities to use where pavement parking is prohibited.

With regard to the number of parking tickets issued, individual local authorities are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.

Parking in hospital car parks is the overall responsibility of the relevant national health service (NHS) trust or landowner as is the case for all other private car parks. As such it is entirely a matter for the trust or landowner to determine the levels of any parking charges. I have no plans to review or intervene in this matter as the Government promotes a system of industry self-regulation in the private parking sector.

This question has been taken as asking about fines related to non-payment of the NMW.

The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition to carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.

Prior to 6 April 2009, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued penalty notices to those employers who failed to comply, within 28 days, with an enforcement notice. A new enforcement regime, introduced in April 2009, saw the introduction of automatic penalties for employers who are found to have underpaid their workers.

The number and value of penalties issued to Northern Ireland employers for the calendar years 2010-14 is set out in the following table:

Ofcom already has the power to fine advertisers for serious breaches of the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising. The ASA is responsible for administering the Code of Broadcast Advertising, but is able to refer broadcasters to Ofcom for further action, including imposing fines, if needed. There are no plans to change this system.

The civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working was introduced in the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (2006 Act), and came into effect in February 2008.

Before 2010, the average value of penalties collected under the scheme was 14%. Since 2010, the average value of penalties collected has been 45%. The information requested is in the following table. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited business addresses.

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

Please also note that the collection figures are not cohort based statistics and therefore do not represent payment against penalties issued in a particular year.

The maximum penalty of £10,000 has been levied with regards to 22 employers. The breakdown of employers levied with the maximum penalty for each financial year is shown in the table.

Please note the figures are for penalties levied against employers at the initial decision stage and may relate to more than one worker. A penalty may be reduced for a number of reasons, including if it was a first visit to the business; if the employer co-operated with the visit; or if the employer can provide evidence that a partial check has been undertaken. We propose to tighten and clarify the use of mitigating factors in the calculation of civil penalties with an increased focus on employer co-operation with the Home office.

Enforcement operations against illegal working have increased significantly, with a 47% increase in 2013 compared to 2012. The administration of the penalty scheme and administrative debt recovery processes have been reviewed, including with Cabinet Office input and are being streamlined and further improved.

The information on the number of civil penalties levied is provided in the following table. Data has been provided from £2,500 upwards as this is the minimum penalty value that is levied in line with the published penalty calculation framework. The table includes values of £10,000 upwards to account for multiple workers per penalty.

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

This is a matter for individual local authorities who are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued including those issued to drivers of foreign-registered vehicles. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.

The number of civil penalties imposed on hauliers under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in each year since 2010 is as follows;

The 2013-14 figure cannot be provided as penalties for this period will continue to be imposed as the process of evidence gathering and recommendations continue.

The Ministry of Justice does not collate the information in the manner requested, and it is not possible to identify the amount of victim surcharge collected in relation to offences where there was no victim.

The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. This centrally held information does not include details of the amount of victim surcharge imposed for the majority of cases. Below is a link to our most recent quarterly bulletin.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/282983/1-executive-summary-tables.xls

The information requested is in the following table:

We are better placed than ever to identify and charge those working illegally.

We are increasing our multi agency taskforces, improving our intelligence sharing between Departments and creating a strategic intelligence picture and structure. Through the Immigration Bill, we are simplifying the existing illegal working penalty regime making it easier to enforce payment in the civil courts.

It would not be possible to provide the information requested without linking immigration case outcomes to our data on civil penalties issued on employers. This would incur disproportionate costs.

The Department had a sanction imposed by HM Treasury of £398,500 in March 2014. This took the form of a budget reduction rather than the payment of a fine or penalty.

This related to the chief executive and finance director at Directly Operated Railways Ltd who were originally engaged off-payroll and brought onto the payroll more than six months after the guidance came into effect.

There have been no other similar cases in the Department for Transport.

The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out in the following table:

The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified.

It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed—after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012-13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 months 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.

HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out in the following table:

The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified.

It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed—after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012-13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 months 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.

HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out in the following table:

The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified.

It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed—after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012-13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 months 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.

HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

For the financial year to date, 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2013 (latest published data) 614,693 financial imposition accounts were opened. Of those accounts opened in that period, 182,183 accounts were closed. A further 199,623 accounts were compliant with their payment terms.

Financial impositions include fines imposed in the magistrates and Crown courts, costs orders, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and unpaid fixed penalty notices and penalty notices for disorder which are registered as fines for enforcement. The numbers of accounts closed is the position as at the end of September 2013 and those accounts outstanding could now have been closed or collected.. Accounts that are closed are accounts with a zero balance which could have been by payment or administrative or legal cancellation.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012-13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 months 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.

HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

The amount of victim surcharge imposed and collected from October 2012 to September 2013 (latest published period) is set out as follows:

The balance of the amount imposed that is remaining at the end of the period will include amounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by that time. The closer to the point of imposition the greater the proportion will be that remains outstanding as many offenders will be paying by instalments.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Total collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012-13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year.

HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.