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Written Question
Slavery: Car Washes
Thursday 7th December 2023

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.


Written Question
Slavery: Car Washes
Thursday 7th December 2023

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.


Written Question
Slavery: Car Washes
Thursday 7th December 2023

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.


Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Disqualification
Monday 4th September 2023

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.


Written Question
UK Border Force: Labour Turnover
Friday 15th July 2022

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.

  • For security reasons, we do not give out figures of how many staff are working at a given time.
  • Border Force keeps its resourcing and staffing numbers under constant review in light of passenger arrival data provided by carriers and port operator.

Border Force has continued to build staffing levels during 2021/2022 and recruitment will continue throughout 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 13th 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 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.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 12th 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.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 11th 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.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 4th 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.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 1st 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 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.