Employment: Inspections
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96733, how many of the EASI inspections carried out in Scotland in 2024/25 took place (a) on farms and (b) in social care settings.
Answered by Kate Dearden
The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorates legal remit only extends to Employment Agencies and Businesses.
Therefore, EAS has no legal powers to conduct visits to farms or social care settings and has conducted no visits in the sectors queried.
EAS does however work closely with The Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, who do have the necessary powers in the queried sectors.
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