DTI hasn’t got a clue about employment rules
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Is it too much to ask for the government to understand their own policies?
Given the number of UK businesses who employ migrant workers, you would think it was important for, say, the Department for Trade and Industry to understand employment rules. How then, can we explain this:
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. [127712]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department of Trade and Industry and its agencies do not apply for work permits. However, it is part of our standard pre-employment checks at recruitment stage to ensure that staff applying to be employed within the Department and its agencies have a work permit, where appropriate, before they are employed. Information on how many staff may have work permits is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Shocked? No? Well, remind yourself of the Home Office explanation of work permits: (more…)
