Undocumented Workers
(asked on 7th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers received (a) one, (b) between two and four and (c) more than five fixed penalty fines for illegally employing immigrants in each of the last seven years.
This question was answered on 24th June 2016
The information provided refers to civil penalties for illegal working served to employers and is included in the table below.
| Civil penalties for illegal working issued to employers | ||||
| Employers issued 1 penalty in year | Employers issued 2 - 4 penalties in year | Employers issued 5+ penalties in year | TOTAL penalties issued (matches certified data) | |
| 2009/10 | 2167 | 172 | 0 | 2339 |
| 2010/11 | 1788 | 111 | 0 | 1899 |
| 2011/12 | 1291 | 50 | 0 | 1341 |
| 2012/13 | 1230 | 40 | 0 | 1270 |
| 2013/14 | 2046 | 98 | 5 | 2149 |
| 2014/15 | 1847 | 122 | 5 | 1974 |
| 2015/16 | 2328 | 220 | 46 | 2594 |
The data provided is for initial penalties only and penalties may have been reduced or cancelled at the objection or appeal stage.
N.B The data provided is sourced from a Home Office management information system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols.