Enforcement notices issued by employer size
FOI reference - FOI-470
Date - 11 May 2026
Request
Please provide aggregated management information already held by The Pensions Regulator on the total number of the following enforcement notices issued in each financial year from 2020/21 to most recently available date, broken down by employer size band at the time of the enforcement action:
- Compliance Notices
- Unpaid Contributions Notices
- Fixed Penalty Notices
- Escalating Penalty Notices
Response
I confirm that we hold the information you have requested.
Please note, the analysis is based on the data we have available at this time, and as such, there are organisations for whom we cannot determine their size when they were issued with a notice. This is the reason we have identified some employers as unknown.
Table showing the enforcement notices issued between 2020/21 and 2025/26 for each employer size band
|
Fiscal Year |
Employer Size |
Compliance Notices |
Unpaid Contributions Notices |
Fixed Penalty Notices |
Escalating Penalty Notices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2020/21 |
Large |
375 |
118 |
296 |
128 |
|
2020/21 |
Medium |
1,874 |
664 |
1,206 |
531 |
|
2020/21 |
Micro |
12,661 |
942 |
6,272 |
512 |
|
2020/21 |
Small |
10,872 |
3,301 |
7,859 |
3,212 |
|
2020/21 |
Unknown |
545 |
766 |
757 |
316 |
|
2021/22 |
Large |
128 |
241 |
149 |
72 |
|
2021/22 |
Medium |
828 |
1,015 |
695 |
477 |
|
2021/22 |
Micro |
8,887 |
2,479 |
5,352 |
896 |
|
2021/22 |
Small |
6,689 |
6,212 |
5,627 |
3,188 |
|
2021/22 |
Unknown |
367 |
964 |
537 |
224 |
|
2022/23 |
Large |
427 |
236 |
250 |
118 |
|
2022/23 |
Medium |
761 |
1,105 |
811 |
517 |
|
2022/23 |
Micro |
10,949 |
3,516 |
7,294 |
1,333 |
|
2022/23 |
Small |
9,416 |
6,627 |
7,294 |
4,366 |
|
2022/23 |
Unknown |
479 |
1,173 |
913 |
628 |
|
2023/24 |
Large |
445 |
265 |
249 |
124 |
|
2023/24 |
Medium |
1,747 |
1,280 |
1,001 |
576 |
|
2023/24 |
Micro |
10,803 |
4,287 |
6,976 |
1,389 |
|
2023/24 |
Small |
11,536 |
7,676 |
7,941 |
4,309 |
|
2023/24 |
Unknown |
510 |
1,331 |
726 |
364 |
|
2024/25 |
Large |
130 |
257 |
132 |
79 |
|
2024/25 |
Medium |
990 |
1,193 |
769 |
530 |
|
2024/25 |
Micro |
10,193 |
4,333 |
7,961 |
1,149 |
|
2024/25 |
Small |
7,868 |
8,073 |
6,847 |
3,881 |
|
2024/25 |
Unknown |
389 |
1,180 |
582 |
215 |
|
2025/26 |
Large |
225 |
190 |
129 |
65 |
|
2025/26 |
Medium |
828 |
990 |
612 |
406 |
|
2025/26 |
Micro |
11,502 |
3,876 |
7,249 |
1,135 |
|
2025/26 |
Small |
9,228 |
5,895 |
5,892 |
3,463 |
|
2025/26 |
Unknown |
113 |
501 |
263 |
123 |