HC Deb 12 December 1990 vol 182 cc445-6W
Mr. Gorst

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of refusals or revocations of licenses granted under the provisions of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 have been on account of(a) a criminal conviction, (b) civil proceedings against the applicant and (c) other grounds of unsuitability.

Mr. Jackson

Of the 55 refusals or revocations of licences(a) 25 were on grounds of criminal convictions (b) one on grounds of civil proceedings and (c) 29 on other grounds of unsuitability.

Mr. Gorst

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many appeals against refusals or revocations of licences under section 4 of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 have been lodged with him since 1973; and with what result.

Mr. Jackson

Since 1976, when the Act came into force, there have been 36 appeals of which eight were successful.

Mr. Gorst

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the actual grounds on which any licences have been refused or revoked under the provisions of the Employment Agencies Act 1973.

Mr. Jackson

The grounds on which licences have been refused or revoked are: convictions for criminal offences, lack of financial probity, civil debt, failure to conduct an employment agency or an employment business properly and unsuitability of the relevant premises.

Mr. Gorst

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment on how many occasions in the last 10 years licences granted under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 have been(a) refused or (b) revoked under the provisions of section 3 of that Act.

Mr. Jackson

In the last 10 years, 33 licences have been refused and five licences have been revoked.