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Written Question
Migrant Workers: Service Industries
Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - North Thanet)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) EU and (b) overseas nationals employed in low-skilled jobs in the (i) catering and (ii) hospitality industries.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

My department has not made a direct estimate of the number of EU or overseas nationals employed in low-skilled jobs in the catering and hospitality industries.

In August 2019, research released by the Office for National Statistics estimated that 501,000 non-British nationals work in tourism in the UK. Of these, just under two thirds were EU nationals, just over a third non-EU nationals.


Written Question
British Film Institute
Monday 1st September 2014

Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - North Thanet)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects that the Triennial Review of the British Film Institute will be published.

Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot

The BFI Triennial Review Report is being prepared for publication and will be published shortly. The House will be informed of the publication through a Written Ministerial Statement.