Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the budget is for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate for 2018-19; and how many staff the Inspectorate plans to employ in 2018-19.

The opening budget for the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate for 2018-19 is £0.725m, although the Department will continue to monitor spend and review resourcing requirements throughout the year.

The EAS currently has 12 members of staff, however the Department continues to review the resourcing needs both in the short term and in the context of wider, longer term reforms including the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and the strategy of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement.