Minimum Wage: Home Care Services

(asked on 17th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information HM Revenue and Customs requests from local authorities to support minimum wage compliance checks on domiciliary care companies commissioned by those local authorities.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 20th July 2017

The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reviews all complaints that are referred to them.

HMRC do not routinely request information from local authorities. HMRC do however act on information from a range of sources including workers, third parties (which can include local authorities) and unions. HMRC also has a range of tools to obtain the necessary information from employers to assess NMW non-compliance.

I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN HL4264 for details of NMW prosecutions. There have been no prosecutions against any care providers to date.

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