Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the levels of non-UK nationals employed in the catering industries in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK.

We have been engaging with businesses across all areas of the UK to build a strong understanding of the opportunities and challenges that EU exit brings, including in relation to migration.

The Home Office has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU. As part of this request the Home Office has asked the MAC to set out patterns of EU migration at a sectoral and regional level.