National Minimum Wage Act 1998
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many workers have been impacted by enforcement actions related to breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in the last year.
Answered by Kate Dearden
HMRC enforces National Minimum Wage (NMW) regulations on behalf of the Fair Work Agency (FWA), through both responding to worker complaints, and targeted enforcement activity.
The latest enforcement and compliance report (2025) shows that in 2024-2025 HMRC identified over 25,000 workers who were underpaid, recovering around £5.8 million in arrears. Since the NMW came into effect in 1999, HMRC has overseen the repayment of £200 million to more than 1.5 million workers.
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