To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to illegal workers from (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania since 1 January 2007; and what percentage of those have been paid. (126431)

As of 29 April, 42 fixed penalty notices have been served, of which 38 on Romanian nationals and four on Bulgarian nationals.

Almost two thirds of these penalty notices have been paid in full within the 21 day period. A further 11 of them have yet to reach their due payment date.