Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs employs; and how many and what proportion of such staff have been allocated to the enforcement of the national minimum wage in each of the last 10 years.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has responsibility for National Minimum Wage (NMW) policy and legislation and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforces NMW on behalf of BIS. Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing NMW, including people who work in legal advice, debt management, technical support and criminal investigation amongst others.

ONS publishes staffing figures in the Annual Civil Service Survey reports