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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects to announce the identity of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement; how many candidates were shortlisted for that position; and where that position will be based.

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State plans to announce the outcome of the recruitment process for the Director of Labour Market Enforcement in due course. It is intended that the position will be based in London. It is standard Government practice not to provide such information, and the Government only provides information about the successful candidate.