Margot James corrected a written answer on Minimum Wage

8 September 2016 · Commons written answer · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Caroline Lucas (Green Party, Brighton, Pavilion) asked written question 38139 on 24 May 2016. Nick Boles answered on 1 June 2016 for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Margot James corrected the answer on 8 September 2016. The correction replaced 2 figures (4869, £786,038) with 7 figures (14,055, 145, 814, 819, £1,780,367, £2,065,874). Altogether 122 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2016 to Question 36447, how much of the £10.3 million of minimum wage arrears recovered in 2015-16 was recovered from the 145 employers who were not issued with a Notice of Underpayment and who did not have to pay a penalty.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
60 employers ~~responded~~ to ~~the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. Between them,~~ these employers ~~voluntarily disclosed arrears of £786,038~~ owed to ~~4869~~ workers.	In 2015/16 819 employers were issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU), and of this number, 814 were issued with a penalty. The combined penalties issued to these employers totalled £1,780,367. 5 employers were issued with an NoU but no penalty because they had either gone into liquidation or had otherwise ceased trading, or because an Employment Tribunal had issued a judgment that no financial penalty should be imposed. Collectively these employers owed £57,603 to 30 workers. A further 145 employers found to have underpaid their workers were not issued with a NoU or a penalty. Collectively these employers owed £2,065,874 to 14,055 workers.

Original

Corrected

60 employers ~~responded~~ to ~~the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. Between them,~~ these employers ~~voluntarily disclosed arrears of £786,038~~ owed to ~~4869~~ workers.

In 2015/16 819 employers were issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU), and of this number, 814 were issued with a penalty. The combined penalties issued to these employers totalled £1,780,367.
5 employers were issued with an NoU but no penalty because they had either gone into liquidation or had otherwise ceased trading, or because an Employment Tribunal had issued a judgment that no financial penalty should be imposed. Collectively these employers owed £57,603 to 30 workers.
A further 145 employers found to have underpaid their workers were not issued with a NoU or a penalty. Collectively these employers owed £2,065,874 to 14,055 workers.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

Read from	https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/521066?expandMember=true
Date read	15 October 2026
SHA-256	`66a138a3790b512c868f5a88df0f15153fca6ead53ecfa6e407424cf705a7e4a`