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.
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.
Year | Joint Operations |
2014/15 | 53 |
2015/16 | 54 |
2016/17 | 57 |
2017/18 | 65 |