Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were served with a Notice of Underpayment in each year between 2010 and 2022.
The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.
HMRC continues to crack down on employers who ignore the law, ensuring that workers receive the wages they are entitled to.
Data on the number of penalties issued by HMRC to employers in breach of National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation is published routinely by financial years. Table 1 in the link below provides this data for each financial year between 2010/2011 – 2020/2021. The data for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 has not yet been published.
The numbers of Notices of Underpayment (NoUs) issued for each financial year between 2010/2011 – 2020/2021 is in the table below.
Year | Number of NoUs |
2010/2011 | 1,140 |
2011/2012 | 968 |
2012/2013 | 736 |
2013/2014 | 680 |
2014/2015 | 735 |
2015/2016 | 862 |
2016/2017 | 888 |
2017/2018 | 836 |
2018/2019 | 1,049 |
2019/2020 | 1,031 |
2020/2021 | 610 |
Data covering the year 2022/2023 has not been finalised.