PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gangmasters (11 November 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gangmasters have been prosecuted for offences created by the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 in 2014 to date; and what the results were of those prosecutions.

Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)

Answer

To date in 2014, a total of 15 people have been charged with, or summons in relation to, a section 12 offence for acting as a gangmaster without a licence.

Of these, only one case has been concluded and resulted in a conviction. The individual received a £500 fine and was ordered to pay £46 costs and a £15 offender’s levy. The other cases are still progressing through the legal system.

A further case was concluded in 2014 of a section 12 offence by an individual whose prosecution started in 2013. The result of this prosecution was a Community Payback Order for 180 hours to be completed within a nine month period.

GLA enforcement activity has also resulted in charges for a range of other offences, for example trafficking and fraud, during 2014. Over time the GLA has undertaken a reduced number of more complex investigations which focus more effectively on serious and organised crime. This reflects a targeting and risk-based enforcement approach by the GLA.


Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
18 November 2014

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