To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to workers from (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania for breach of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 since 1 January 2007. (257048)

Between 1 January 2007 and 31 January 2009, a total of 99 fixed penalty notices for breach of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations were issued to workers from Bulgaria, and 287 to workers from Romania.

These figures do not constitute part of National Statistics as they are based on internal management information. The information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols and should be treated as provisional and subject to change.

Published statistics on immigration and asylum are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html