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(asked on 1st December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) wages recovered for workers, (b) money recovered for workers from unlawful fees charges to workers and (c) unpaid holiday pay recovered for workers by the (i) Employment Standards Agency Inspectorate, (ii) HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team and (iii) Gangmaster Labour Abuse Authority in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2020-21.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the National Minimum Wage regulations on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). They investigate where they believe an employer is not paying the minimum wage and follow up every worker complaint they receive. HMRC only hold data relating to (a) wages recovered for workers. They do not hold data relating to (b) money recovered for workers from unlawful fees charges to workers or (c) unpaid holiday pay recovered for workers as these are outside of their remit.
The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) do not differentiate between the amount of money recovered in unpaid wages, holiday pay or a potential unlawful deduction.
| Money recovered for workers | |||
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate | £69, 500 | £150, 000 | £61, 000 | £73, 500 (up to 30 November 2020) |
HMRC National Minimum Wage | £10,918,047 | £15, 615, 609[1] | £20, 800, 000 | Not yet available [2] |
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority [3] | £93, 165 | £94, 444 | £116, 605.30 | £8, 285.90 (Up to 31 October 2020) |
[1] Source: 18/19 compliance and enforcement report
[2] These figures will be published in the enforcement and compliance report for that year.
[3] GLAA are sponsored by the Home Office, rather than BEIS. These figures have been provided by GLAA.