Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Deferred
Committee requests confirmation of current inspector numbers for specific labour enforcement bodies
Conclusion
We ask the Government to confirm to the Committee the current number of inspectors employed in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the National Minimum Wage Team within His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. (Paragraph 152) Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets 69
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses the Retained EU Law Bill and ongoing consultations to simplify Working Time Regulations and holiday pay calculations, but it does not provide the requested current number of inspectors in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, GLAA, or the National Minimum Wage Team.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
This Government remains wholly committed to workers’ rights and enforcement. However, we need to be realistic about what we can achieve given the limits on parliamentary time. We are reviewing what this means for the creation of the Single Enforcement Body which would be a substantial organisational change. In the meantime, we continue to invest significantly in the existing labour market enforcement bodies,and are working with the Director of Labour Market Enforcement to ensure that they are supported to work together as effectively as possible. The Government remains committed to the enforcement of workers’ rights. Over the decade from 2010 to 2020 the UK funding to the labour market enforcement bodies (HMRC’s National Minimum Wage Team, Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority) has increased to over £35 Million representing a 121% increase. As of May 2023, there are approximately 400 HMRC staff involved in the enforcement of the minimum wage. The GLAA currently have 56 enforcement officers and EAS have 36 FTE posts which have front line inspection capacity.
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