HC Deb 12 December 1991 vol 200 cc526-31W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was(a) the gender, (b) the occupation and (c) the average working hours of each underpaid worker in establishments prosecuted for breaching wages council legislation in 1989, 1990 and 1991 to date, identifying (i) the establishment at which each worker was employed, (ii) the type of offence committed against the employee, (iii) the penalty and legal costs incurred to the employer, (iv) the arrears of wages paid to each employee, separately identified, (v) the employee's hourly rate of pay before the prosecution and (vi) the relevant wages council rate which the employee received thereafter, identifying the relevant wages council order.

Mr. Forth

[holding answer 6 December 1991]: I regret that the full information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The information which is readily available is provided in the following table.

1989
1. Employer's name and address Number and type of offences Number of workers 1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council 2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable from date of hearing
1. Bhatia's, Rochester, Kent 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £150 fine, £250 costs, £1,600 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Bishops of Swanage, Swanage, Dorset 1 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £200 fine, £350 costs, £800.20 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.49 per hour.
1. Franklins of Saltburn, Saltburn, Cleveland 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Three 1. £600 fine, £250 costs, Court order to pay arrears of £2,740.38.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.49 per hour.
1. Gosport Royal Naval Association Club Ltd., Gosport, Hants 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Three 1. £30 fine, £20 costs.
2. Licenced Non-Residential Establishments Wages Council 2. £2.30 per hour.
1. Grahams Transport Stop, Bridgewater, Somerset 2 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £400 fine, £200 costs, £3,145.55 arrears.
2. Unlicenced Place of Refreshment Wages Council 2. £2.38 per hour.
1. Johns, South Ockenden, Essex 1 — Failure to produce records. — 1. £300 fine, £100 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Kingfisher, Hull, Yorkshire 5 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Five 1. £100 fine, £150 costs, £7,408.91 arrears,
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Maurices Discount, Nottingham 1 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £100 fine, £100 costs, £429.71 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.33 per hour.
1. Record Stores, Rochester, Kent 4 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records. Three 1. £675 fine, £250 costs, £1,762.87 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Ron Whites Fruit Basket, Southampton 2 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £500 fine, £243.50 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.

Prosecutions under sections 16, 19, and 21 of the Wages Act 1986 1990
1. Employer's name and address Number and type of offences Number of workers Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council 2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable from date of hearing
1. Burger House, Maidstone 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records. one 1. £600 fine, £345 costs, £1,280 arrears.
2. Unlicensed Place of Refreshment Wages Council 2. £2.38 per hour.
1. G.S. Fruit, Sheffield 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records. Two 1. £450 fine, £150 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. One Stop Foods, Leeds 2 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £100 fine, £150 costs, £443 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Pavilions Kebab House, Buxton 1 — Failure to produce records. — 1. £400 fine, £69 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.685 per hour.
1. Post Office Stores, Avening 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records. One 1. £50 fine, £1,128 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.
1. Terry's Hair Fashion, Swanley 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices. One 1. £225 fine, £50 costs, £150 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertakings Wages Council 2. £2.40 per hour.

1. Employer's name and address Number and type of offences Number of workers 1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council 2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable from date of hearing
1. Truss Self-Service, Aldershot 3 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records. Two 1. £150 fine, £1,277 arrears,
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2 £2.685 per hour.
1. Weardale Hotel, Spennymoor 1 — Failure to produce records — 1. £100 fine, £70 costs.
2. Licensed Non-Residential Establishments Wages Council 2. £2.50 per hour.
1. Westons, Barrow in Furness 4 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Four 1. £160 fine, £400 costs, £100 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.48 per hour.

Prosecutions under sections 16, 19, and 21 of the Wages Act 1986 1991 to date
1. Employer's name and address Number and type of offences Number of workers 1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council 2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable from date of hearing
1. Allardyce Cafe, Stonehaven 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. Admonishment.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. P. Bilton, Sheffield 3 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Three 1. £200 fine, £70 costs, £111.64 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Bridge House Hotel, Scunthorpe 1 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £150 fine, £200 costs, £418.08 arrears.
2. Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant Wages Council 2. £2.56 per hour.
1. Central Carpets, Hull 8 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices. Three 1. £800 fine, £390 costs, £1,750 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.69 per hour.
1. D. E. Drinkall, Hull 6—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices. Four 1. £150 fine, £293.75 costs, £3,103 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Egremont Hotel, Taunton 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to post notices, false records. Two 1. £375 fine, £400 costs, £70.95 arrears.
2. Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant Wages Council 2. £2.66 per hour.
1. Filey Frozen Foods, Filey 1 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £300 fine, £150 costs, £804 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.685 per hour.
1. Gill Manufacturing, Leeds 1 — Failure to produce records — 1. £400 fine, £230 costs.
2. Clothing Manufacturing Wages Council 2. £2.4875 per hour.
1. Hughes General Store, Sealand, Deeside 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, false records. Two 1. £200 fine, £100 costs, £1,529.89 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. G.C. Mull & Co., Finsbury Park, London 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £100 fine, £50 costs, £1,537 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Traders Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. New Image, Bedminster 2 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. One 1. £100 fine, £25 costs, £121 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertakings Wages Council 2. £2.66 per hour.
1. B.D. Price, Dudley 1 — Failure to comply with a requirement of an inspector. — 1. £400 fine, £393 costs
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Snooker Masters Ltd., Wishaw, Lanarkshire 6—False records, failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, inadequate records. Four 1. Admonished by Sherrif. Required to pay arrears £408.76.
2. Licenced Non-Residential Establishments Wages Council 2. £2.74 per hour.

1. Employer's name and address Number and type of offences Number of workers 1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council 2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable from date of hearing
1. Spar Shop, Newcastle upon Tyne 3 — Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices. One 1. £100 fine, £100 costs, £850 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Trendy, Hull, Yorkshire 2 —Failure to keep records, failure to post notices. — 1. £400 fine, £90 costs.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Vanessa Gail Hair Design, Leeds 2 —Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £250 fine, £100 costs, £2,218 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertaking Wages Council 2. £2.66 per hour.
1. Village Market, Langley Park 4—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate. Two 1. £160 fine, £300 costs, £540 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 2. £2.955 per hour.

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