Gareth Thomas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers received (a) one, (b) between two and four and (c) more than five fixed penalty fines for illegally employing immigrants in each of the last seven years.
James Brokenshire
The information provided refers to civil penalties for illegal working served to employers and is included in the table below.
| Civil penalties for illegal working issued to employers | ||||
| Employers issued 1 penalty in year | Employers issued 2 – 4 penalties in year | Employers issued 5+ penalties in year | TOTAL penalties issued (matches certified data) | |
| 2009/10 | 2167 | 172 | 0 | 2339 |
| 2010/11 | 1788 | 111 | 0 | 1899 |
| 2011/12 | 1291 | 50 | 0 | 1341 |
| 2012/13 | 1230 | 40 | 0 | 1270 |
| 2013/14 | 2046 | 98 | 5 | 2149 |
| 2014/15 | 1847 | 122 | 5 | 1974 |
| 2015/16 | 2328 | 220 | 46 | 2594 |
The data provided is for initial penalties only and penalties may have been reduced or cancelled at the objection or appeal stage.
N.B The data provided is sourced from a Home Office management information system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
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