Illegal Immigrants: Employment Chris Grayling To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employers hiring illegal immigrants have had the maximum available fine per worker imposed on them in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. Alan Johnson In 2008 (1 March 2008 to 31 December 2008) no maximum civil penalties were issued by the UK Border Agency to employers of illegal migrant workers. In 2009 (1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009) a total of four maximum civil penalties of £10,000 per employee were issued by the UK Border Agency to employers of six illegal migrant workers. The civil penalty issued to one of these employers, which related to two employees, was cancelled at objection. There have been no maximum civil penalties issued in 2010 so far (1 January to 24 February). These data are derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and liable to change. 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|1998|1999|2000 |2001|2002|2003|2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |2008 | 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|Magistrates court | | | | | | | | | | | | 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fine |— |500 |2,075|350 |500 |100 |728 |845 |1,337|797 |1,154 | 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fine2 |— |500 |3,000|350 |500 |100 |2.050|2,500|4,000|3,500|2,500 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number fined |0 |1 |4 |1 |1 |1 |8 |11 |6 |23 |30 | 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| | | | | | | | 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court | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Average fine |— |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2,000|0 |16,123| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maximum fine3 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |2,000|— |76,55 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number fined |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |5 | 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Offences under S.8 Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 or S.21 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 20062 The statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the magistrates' court is £5,0003 There is no statutory maximum fine for an offender sentenced at the Crown courtNotes:1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system2. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.Source:Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice| | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------