Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of a criminal offence under section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each of the last 12 years.

The number of defendants convicted of an offence under section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each of the last 12 years, on a principal offence basis, has been provided in Table 1.

There were also 2 cases in which the defendant was committed for trial at Crown Court for an offence under section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, one in the year ending June 2016 and one in the year ending June 2019. Due to data issues, the outcome of those two cases is unknown.