§ Mr. Tom HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps are being taken to ensure the enforcement of the national minimum wage in Scotland. [73591]
§ Mrs. McGuireInland Revenue has specialist enforcement teams based in Aberdeen and East Kilbride who are responsible for enforcing the national minimum wage in Scotland. The teams follow up complaints made by workers and third parties about non-compliance and use other Revenue risk based data to identify employers for enquiry. Since April 1999, the teams have conducted 1,910 inspections and recovered of over £660,000 in wage arrears for low paid workers in Scotland.