To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what penalties are applicable to those convicted of illegally employing migrant labour. (135516)

It is a criminal offence under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 to employ a person, aged 16 or over, who is subject to immigration control and who is not entitled to be in the UK or to undertake the employment in question. There is no upper limit to the level of fine that can be imposed on employers if convicted on indictment.