HC Deb 05 November 1976 vol 918 cc729-30W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the 350 employers found to be paying below the legal minimum in the first phase of the investigations carried out by the Wages Inspectorate in September 1976 are being actively considered for prosecution.

Mr. John Grant

Three. Many employers, where second offences were disclosed, were visited 10 or more years earlier.

Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the 350 employers found to be underpaying workers in the first phase of the investigation carried out by the Wages Inspectorate in September 1976 had been found on a previous inspection to be paying below the legal minimum.

Mr. John Grant

Fifty-four.