Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2017 to Question 3508, on the minimum wage, what proportion of the identified arrears have been recovered.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not keep data in a format that would provide information on the proportion of identified arrears that have been recovered. HMRC does however conduct checks with both employers and workers to ensure national minimum wage arrears are repaid to workers and actively pursues recovery through the civil courts where arrears are not paid.