Baroness Byford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2014-04-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 67 successful prosecutions brought by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority since the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 are related to on-farm” activities; and how many were brought against the food supply industry.”

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

As at 8 April 2014, 69 prosecutions have been undertaken against 44 individuals

and companies that operated without a licence, one company that obstructed the

Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) officers, and 24 individuals and

companies that used the services of unlicensed gangmasters.

A standard GLA licence allows a gangmaster to undertake activity in both

agriculture and food supply. As a result, the GLA do not retain data on

whether individual prosecutions related to agriculture or food supply.