Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many permanent members of staff are employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate; and what changes are planned to the level of staffing in that inspectorate in the next 12 months.

There are currently nine Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate permanent warranted officers, who are supported by one administrative officer.

There are no current plans to change staffing levels but they will be considered in the context of the Prime Minister’s announcement on 21^st May 2015 that the Government will create a new labour market enforcement agency.