Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been brought for non-compliance with the national minimum wage in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The government are determined that everyone who is entitled to NMW receives it.

HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to regions, constituencies or counties. In 2016-17, HMRC closed over 2,600 cases into NMW non-compliance and identified arrears of over £10.9m for more than 98,000 workers.