Minimum Wage: Government Departments

(asked on 24th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 96929 on Minimum Wage: Government Departments, how many of the employers named have a contract with a Government Department.


Answered by
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Paul Scully
This question was answered on 1st February 2022

The purpose of the Naming Scheme is to increase awareness of the rules, and to act as a deterrent to the minority of employers who may be tempted to underpay their workers. It is for that reason that publicly naming employers who do not comply with the rules remains an important part of our enforcement and compliance toolkit. To date we have named over 2,500 employers and across the entirety of the Naming Scheme, covering £20 million in arrears and over £24 million in penalties.

BEIS does not hold information about the number of named employers who have a contract with a Government Department. However, government contracts over £10,000 are listed on Contracts Finder: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder. BEIS only names employers once Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has concluded its investigations. For the employers named on 9 December 2021, HMRC’s investigations had concluded between 2014 and 2019.

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