§ Mr. ConnartyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many successful prosecutions have been brought under the Employment Agencies 775W Act 1973 against (a) employment agencies and (b) gangmasters supplying labour to the UK's agricultural industry. [152098]
§ Mr. SutcliffeThe total number of successful prosecutions undertaken by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 is as follows:
Prosecutions 1977 1 1978 12 1979 15 1980 8 1981 7 1982 5 1983 5 1984 0 1985 2 1986 3 1987 1 1988 0 1989 0 1990 0 1991 0 1992 (to 31March 1992) 0 1992–93 3 1993–94 7 1994–95 3 1995–96 3 1996–97 11 1997–98 14 1998–99 3 1999–2000 3 2000–01 2 2001–02 8 2002–03 8 Data broken down by sector of the private recruitment industry are not available. However, a gangmaster was prosecuted in 1994–95.