Written Question·Treasury·UIN 53010

Living Wage: Prosecutions

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Londonderry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were prosecuted for not paying employees the National Living Wage in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Answer

James Murray
HMRC’s priority is to ensure that workers receive the money they are owed as quickly as possible. It is for this reason, in the vast majority of cases, HMRC pursue civil enforcement. In 2023/24 civil enforcement resulted in HMRC issuing 767 Notices of Und...

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