Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls have been made by employers to the Employer Checking Service in each of the last five years.

The Employer Checking Service deals with checks submitted by employers via the web-based form.

In the calendar year of 2011 the Employer Checking Service processed 33,769 checks.

In the calendar year of 2012 the Employer Checking Service processed 52,868 checks.

In the calendar year of 2013 the Employer Checking Service processed 59,452 checks.

In the calendar year of 2014 the Employer Checking Service processed 67,609 checks.

In the calendar year of 2015 the Employer Checking Service processed 69,606 checks.

From 1st January 2016 to 9th October 2016 the Employer Checking Service processed 33,095.