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1130161

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the volume of intelligence on potential labour abuse and exploitation received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority; and whether funding for that authority has been assessed against the volume of that intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the GLAA was increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to reflect its wider remit and has been maintained at that level into 2019/20. Funding for future years will be decided as part of the spending review.</p><p>It is for the GLAA to determine how best to allocate its resources in the light of the intelligence available to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 260614 260616 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:07:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1086657

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has any plans to increase the resources of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	230891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority was increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to support it in delivering in its expanded remit to tackle labour exploitation across all labour sectors. Funding beyond 2019/20 will be a matter for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2019 16:35:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1054749

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual budget has been for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for each of the last three years; and how many staff that Authority has employed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	216309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The budget and staffing for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), formerly the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), in each of the last three years was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Resource (£000)</td><td>Capital (£000)</td><td>Average Staffing Equivalent</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>3856</td><td>-</td><td>66</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>4500</td><td>-</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>6090</td><td>68</td><td>101</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 17:27:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1023215

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of resources required by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority as a result of the introduction of the new seasonal workers pilot in the agricultural sector.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	201231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As with all labour providers in the agricultural sector, the scheme operators for the Seasonal Workers Pilot will be required to be fully licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority. No bespoke licencing arrangements are required. <br>Full details of how the seasonal workers pilot will operate will be announced in due course. Ensuring the protection and wellbeing of participating migrant workers is of primary importance .</p><p>We are working with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority to ensure that we get this right.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 201233 question first answered 17/12/2018 16:52:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

968301

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external intelligence reports received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority from non-governmental organisations were (a) received and (b) acted upon in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	170885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>Information is not collected by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in the form requested. All intelligence reports received are reviewed by GLAA. The next step after review of an intelligence report is dependent upon the content of the report. Some intelligence reports are sufficient to trigger investigative or inspection activity – these reports are described as “actionable”. Other intelligence reports may add to an existing intelligence picture and may contribute to future action. Some intelligence reports duplicate information previously received.</p><p>The table sets out the total number of intelligence reports received by the GLAA in the years 2015-16 to 2017-18 and the number of such reports that were actionable:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>a) Year</p></td><td><p>b) Intelligence Reports Received</p></td><td><p>c) Number of reports at b) that were actionable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>4,240</p></td><td><p>928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,847</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3,987</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/09/2018 12:08:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

968302

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been accrued to the public purse as a result of Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Tier 1 interventions in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	170886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Tier 1 interventions involve action by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to recover, for workers, money owed to them by employers. Recovery involves payment of the sums owed by the employers direct to the workers concerned, not to the public purse. The amounts recovered for workers in this way are published annually in the GLAA’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/09/2018 16:16:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

931147

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for 2018–19; and how many staff that authority plans to employ in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	157130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority has been allocated a resource expenditure budget of £6.55m and a capital expenditure budget of £0.650m for 2018-19. <br>The Authority has budgeted to employ up to the equivalent of 127 full time staff in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/07/2018 11:56:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

904049

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority to social care.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	143622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 amended the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 to allow sectors to be included or excluded from the remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority so that the licensing regime can be flexible in meeting the changing nature of labour exploitation.</p><p>Changes to the licensing regime should be informed by an understanding of the threat of exploitation in different sectors and the full range of options to tackle it. That is why we have appointed the Director of Labour Market Enforcement to assess the risk of exploitation in different sectors and consider whether the use of licensing is an appropriate response. The Director is currently looking at regulation in different sectors, including the care sector to consider whether licensing would be an appropriate tool.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/06/2018 14:01:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

868543

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to identify a new Chief Executive to oversee the operations of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority; when an appointment to that role will be made; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	133763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The appointment of a Chief Executive is a matter for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, subject to the consent of the Home Secretary. The GLAA is expected to make an announcement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/03/2018 13:49:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

800966

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Memorandum of Understanding or similar document is in place for the sharing of data obtained by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority with her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	117525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Section 19 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 makes provision for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to share information relating to gangmasters with any person for the purposes of, or for any purpose connected with the exercise of its functions under the Act.</p><p>This power is also underpinned by operational protocols that have been developed between relevant departments and agencies.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/12/2017 17:35:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey