Home Department written question – answered at on 14 July 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employers found to have employed illegal workers have been (a) cautioned, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008 to date; and, of those in each category, how many were proceeded against for (A) employing illegal workers and (B) facilitating illegal immigrants to remain in the UK by providing employment, food or accommodation.
The following action has been taken against employers found to have employed illegal workers under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
Action | January to December 2007 | January to 6 June 2008 |
Cautioned | 1 | 1 |
Charged | 41 | 46 |
Criminal prosecutions | 35 | 42 |
New measures were introduced by the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and came into effect for those employed on, or after
221 notices of liability have been issued to employers under the civil penalty system in the period
All cases are considered on the individual evidence available. A decision to proceed with prosecution is predicated on evidence that indicates that an employer 'knowingly' employed a migrant worker who had no permission to work or to do the work in question.
No employers were proceeded against for facilitating illegal immigrants to remain in the United Kingdom by providing employment, food or accommodation.
This information is derived from provisional local management information which may be subject to change.
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