Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits his Department has made to car washes in Sheffield to investigate modern slavery in the last five years.
Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
The Government takes reports of labour exploitation and illegal working practices very seriously, including in the car wash sector.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, as part of the annual “Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests” statistical bulletin, available here: Stop and search and arrests, year ending March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Statistics on arrests for modern slavery in connection with labour sectors, such as car washes, are not systematically collected or recorded.
Statistics on modern slavery exploitation sub-types are not currently systematically collected by the National Referral Mechanism, and are only recorded under broad exploitation categories (for example, labour, criminal, sexual).
The Home Office funds the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), which has specially trained officers with police-style powers to prevent, detect and investigate serious labour exploitation across the entire economy in England and Wales.
Since 01 January 2018, the GLAA has recorded 27 intelligence reports linked to car washes in Sheffield.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for modern slavery in connection with car washes in the last five years.
Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
The Government takes reports of labour exploitation and illegal working practices very seriously, including in the car wash sector.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, as part of the annual “Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests” statistical bulletin, available here: Stop and search and arrests, year ending March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Statistics on arrests for modern slavery in connection with labour sectors, such as car washes, are not systematically collected or recorded.
Statistics on modern slavery exploitation sub-types are not currently systematically collected by the National Referral Mechanism, and are only recorded under broad exploitation categories (for example, labour, criminal, sexual).
The Home Office funds the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), which has specially trained officers with police-style powers to prevent, detect and investigate serious labour exploitation across the entire economy in England and Wales.
Since 01 January 2018, the GLAA has recorded 27 intelligence reports linked to car washes in Sheffield.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modern slavery referrals have been made in connection with car washes in the last five years in Sheffield.
Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
The Government takes reports of labour exploitation and illegal working practices very seriously, including in the car wash sector.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, as part of the annual “Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests” statistical bulletin, available here: Stop and search and arrests, year ending March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Statistics on arrests for modern slavery in connection with labour sectors, such as car washes, are not systematically collected or recorded.
Statistics on modern slavery exploitation sub-types are not currently systematically collected by the National Referral Mechanism, and are only recorded under broad exploitation categories (for example, labour, criminal, sexual).
The Home Office funds the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), which has specially trained officers with police-style powers to prevent, detect and investigate serious labour exploitation across the entire economy in England and Wales.
Since 01 January 2018, the GLAA has recorded 27 intelligence reports linked to car washes in Sheffield.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on enforcement of the maximum driving disqualification.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not hold data on the enforcement of the maximum driving disqualification.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2022 to Question 15307, on UK Border Force: Recruitment, how many members of staff (a) Border Force has recruited and (b) have left Border Force, in 2022.
Answered by Stephen McPartland
Border Force has increased its workforce by 3% over 2020/2021 financial year to over 9,300 staff, with a large proportion of those staff trained and deployed to front line operations.
Border Force has continued to build staffing levels during 2021/2022 and recruitment will continue throughout 2022.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 13 April 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH5703.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 8 July 2022.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 17 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley, reference LH20946.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 6 July 2022.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 16 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH20904.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 6 July 2022.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 20 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH20974.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 28 June 2022.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 7 of April 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH9348.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 23 June 2022.