Robert Goodwill corrected a written answer on Migrants: Employment
Hilary Benn (Labour, Leeds Central) asked written question 47250 on 7 October 2016. Mr Robert Goodwill answered on 13 October 2016 for the Home Office, and Mr Robert Goodwill corrected the answer on 14 October 2016. The correction replaced 2 figures (56.6, 61.4) with 3 figures (56.0, 58.2, 67.3). Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of employer enquiries to the Employer Checking Service resulted in a response confirming that the subject of the enquiry had the right to work in each of the last five years.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The proportion of checks to the Employer Checking Service resulting in a response confirming that the subject of the enquiry had the right to work, by calendar year are as below: 2011 41.2% 2012 43.8% 2013 51.1% 2014 2015 | The proportion of checks to the Employer Checking Service resulting in a response confirming that the subject of the enquiry had the right to work, by calendar year are as below: 2011 41.2% 2012 43.8% 2013 51.1% 2014 56.0% 2015 58.2% 2016 (to date) 67.3% |
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Receipt
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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