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418475

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date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters Licensing Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority to establish whether a licence holder is high risk.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) have established Licensing Standards against which applicants and existing licence holders are assessed. They are all legal requirements to protect workers from poor treatment and exploitation and set out the conditions that must be met to obtain and hold a GLA licence.</p><p>The Standards are published on the GLA website at:-</p><p>http://www.gla.gov.uk/Guidance/Information-on-Licensing/Licencing-Standards/. They include treatment of workers, accommodation and working conditions among others. Any non-compliance with the Standards is treated very seriously and would bear on the risk a licence holder poses. In addition, the GLA receives intelligence from partner agencies, such as police forces, about businesses which would also be taken into account in assessing risk. The GLA can inspect businesses where there are concerns.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/09/2015 10:43:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418477

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 6173, what the categories of statutory excuses established by employers are which result in no action notices or notification of no liability.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>An employer is excused from liability for a civil penalty if they show that they have complied with the prescribed right to work checks. There are no categories of statutory excuse.</p><p>The civil penalty regime and right to work checks are set out in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, secondary legislation and published statutory codes of practice and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/09/2015 15:49:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418478

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters Licensing Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes are planned to the level of staffing in the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>There are no changes to staffing levels currently planned for the next 12 months. We are developing proposals to improve labour market enforcement involving the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and will consult on those in due course.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/09/2015 15:48:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418480

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters Licensing Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority are dedicated to frontline inspection activity.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The total number of staff involved in frontline inspection activity is 55. This includes staff who carry out physical inspections for compliance purposes, those who undertake enforcement activity, and those who provide logistical and intelligence gathering support.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/10/2015 15:59:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield