Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 101005

Employment: Inspections

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

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.

Answer

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 ...

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