Under this government a total of £2,566,414.19 in previously unpaid awards has been secured for workers since April 2016. £1,343,941.96 has been recovered as a result of only issuing a warning letter. A further £1,222,472.23 has been recovered as a result of issuing both a warning letter and a penalty notice. The Employment Tribunals penalty regime promotes and secures prompt payment of unpaid employment tribunal awards and Acas settlements. The penalty regime for failure to pay employment tribunal awards started in April 2016. Since then 2,067 warning letters and 1,302 penalty notices have been issued. Of the 2,067 warning letters that have been issued: 157 are being pursued through a debt collection agency; 459 have been pursued through a debt collection agency but the penalty has not been recovered; 509 were withdrawn because the employment tribunal award was paid; 647 are not enforceable due to liquidation and/or insolvency; 258 are currently within the payment period; and 37 financial penalties have been paid.