HC Deb 11 November 1991 vol 198 cc410-1W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers have been prosecuted for underpayment of employees in each year since 1980.

Mr. Forth

The number of employers prosecuted for paying their employees less than the statutory minimum remuneration required by the appropriate wages council orders is detailed in the table.

Year Number of employers prosecuted
1980 8
1981 8
1982 4
1983 2
1984 2
1985 2
1986 2
1987 3
1988 9
1989 9
1990 7
1991 112
1 To date.

These figures include two prosecutions in Wales, one in 1987 and one in 1988.