Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Immigration Enforcement Directorate

(asked on 4th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many joint operations between the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and Immigration Enforcement there were in each year since 2014.


Answered by
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Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 7th February 2019

The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) does not collect information in the form requested as the majority of GLAA’s and, before that, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), joint operations are in partnership with multiple agencies, including Immigration Enforcement. The table below sets out the number of joint operations between the GLAA, formerly the GLA, and partner enforcement organisations from 2014/15 to 2017/18. GLAA partner enforcement organisations have included HM Revenue and Customs, UK Visas and Immigration Enforcement, National Crime Agency, Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit, UK Police Forces, Local Authorities and the Health and Safety Executive.

YearJoint Operations
2014/1553
2015/1654
2016/1757
2017/1865

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