Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

(asked on 5th September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external intelligence reports received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority from non-governmental organisations were (a) received and (b) acted upon in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 26th September 2018

Information is not collected by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in the form requested. All intelligence reports received are reviewed by GLAA. The next step after review of an intelligence report is dependent upon the content of the report. Some intelligence reports are sufficient to trigger investigative or inspection activity – these reports are described as “actionable”. Other intelligence reports may add to an existing intelligence picture and may contribute to future action. Some intelligence reports duplicate information previously received.

The table sets out the total number of intelligence reports received by the GLAA in the years 2015-16 to 2017-18 and the number of such reports that were actionable:

a) Year

b) Intelligence Reports Received

c) Number of reports at b) that were actionable

2015-16

4,240

928

2016-17

2,847

630

2017-18

3,987

908

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