§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action has been taken against employers in Portsmouth, South who have failed to pay the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement. [73872]
§ Alan JohnsonThe Inland Revenue enforces the national minimum wage on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry. National minimum wage data is not disaggregated to constituency level. However, Portsmouth South falls into the Inland Revenue's South East region where, for the year ended 31 March 2002, 119 employers were found not to be paying the minimum wage and £289,722 in wages arrears was identified on behalf of more than 1,150 workers.