Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's campaign launched on 27 February 2017 to increase low paid workers' knowledge of national minimum and national living wage rights, what advice and support is available to employees to challenge their employers on their rights regarding pay.

Acas provides free and confidential advice to employers, workers and their representatives on employment rights, including the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, via their helpline, which is available on 0300 123 1100. The helpline has a free translation service for over 100 languages.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are responsible for investigating breaches of minimum wage law, and anyone who thinks they have been paid less than their legal entitlement can make a complaint to HMRC either by contacting the Acas helpline, or by filling out our online pay and work rights complaints form, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints.

HMRC will respond to every complaint they receive.