Margot James corrected a written answer on Minimum Wage
Caroline Lucas (Green Party, Brighton, Pavilion) asked written question 38140 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 3 figures (4875, £43,451, £742,587). Altogether 45 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 14 September 2015 to Question 8859, how many employers took advantage of the National Minimum Wage campaign announced on 30 July 2015 to self-report their non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage; how many workers were identified as having been underpaid by those employers; and what the total sum was of arrears recovered for those workers.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| 60 employers responded to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. | In total 60 employers responded to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. 56 employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £742,587 owed to 4875 workers. A further 4 employers voluntarily also disclosed arrears of £43,451 owed to 36 workers, but since these latter cases were closed after 1 April 2016, these arrears are not included in 2015/16 year end totals. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/521067?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | c2c38aa6d6f6d8d4d0240ed99880133dffd29bc2d5666b08cc48d87eb4f4ef49 |