Social Services: Pay

(asked on 11th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what resources HMRC has allocated to the inspection of the non-payment of travel time for care workers for the purposes of calculating the (a) national living wage and (b) national minimum wage in each of the last five years for which data are available.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 17th July 2018

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 via the online complaints form at gov.uk.

HMRC uses its resources to tackle all NMW risks identified in the course of responding to all complaints and undertaking targeted enforcement activity in high risk sectors. The HMRC NMW enforcement budget for 2018/19 is £26.3 million, up from £20m in 2016/17.

When investigating an employer’s compliance HMRC considers all NMW risks that might be present, including when travel time can be working time for NMW purposes.

If NMW arrears are identified HMRC will always take action to ensure workers receive what they are legally entitled to.

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