PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (21 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4167 on Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Staff, how many in-person inspections were carried out by GLAA officers on farms in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)

The GLAA has conducted, at minimum, the following number of inspections on farms in Scotland over the last 5 years:

• 2019 – 5
• 2020 – 10
• 2021 – 22
• 2022 – 7
• 2023 – 7

These figures include compliance and enforcement inspections, as well as joint inspections with other enforcement bodies, such as UKVI.

In England and Wales, the GLAA has responsibilities to investigate reports of Modern Slavery. In Scotland, the primacy for this lies with Police Scotland but the GLAA support this activity to target, dismantle and disrupt serious and organised crime.

Answered by:
Jess Phillips (Labour)
24 October 2024