§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps his Department takes, in the event of it coming to its notice that companies are found to be employing casual labour, paying wages in cash and failing to disclose that they are employing such persons, thus encouraging the employed labour to evade disclosures of moneys received.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThere is no requirement upon employers to disclose to my Department when they engage any labour but if non-compliance with the National Insurance Contributions Regulations comes to our notice the Department of Health and Social Security is informed so that appropriate action may be taken by that Department. If there is any suspicion of working whilst claiming unemployment benefit, payment is immediately suspended and the circumstances investigated and, where appropriate, prosecution action taken.