Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release of 9 May 2018, 200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforces National Minimum Wage, how much of the £15.6 million of minimum wage arrears identified in 2017-18 was identified through self-correction by employers; and how many of those 200,000 people those arrears self-corrected by employers relate to.

The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or use the online pay and work rights complaints form on gov.uk. HMRC review all complaints that are referred to them.

In 2017/18 HMRC identified over £15.6 million arrears for over 200,000 workers. This included around £5.9 million self-correction arrears affecting around than 72,000 workers.

HMRC always takes action to ensure workers receive what they are entitled to, and has robust assurance processes in place to make sure that all employers fully repay their workers. If HMRC believes that the employer has not self-corrected completely, or becomes aware of another NMW risk, the employer will be investigated again