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Minimum Wage: North East Somerset and Hanham

Asked by Dan NorrisIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 27 February 2025UIN 31409

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of breaches of minimum wage legislation by employers in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency in the last three years.

Answered by Justin Madders

Data on National Minimum Wage (NMW) breaches by region is available in the published government’s Enforcement and Compliance report at: National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2023 - GOV.UK

Region

Year

Jobs paid below minimum wage

South West

2020/21

18,000

2021/22

44,000

2022/23

31,000

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