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	CRB			IPS
	Permanent	Temporary or agency workers	Total	Permanent	Temporary or agency workers headcount( 1)	Total
2005
May	415	15	430	2,871	n/a	2,871
June	410	13	423	2,936	n/a	2,936
July	405	13	418	2,917	n/a	2,917
August	412	8	420	2,944	n/a	2,944
September	399	12	411	2,931	n/a	2,931
October	398	10	408	2,916	n/a	2,916
November	393	9	402	2,974	n/a	2,974
December	388	8	396	3,092	n/a	3,092
2006
January	384	4	388	3,076	n/a	3,076
February	379	4	383	3,136	n/a	3,136
March	373	4	377	3,165	n/a	3,165
April	370	0	370	3,228	n/a	3,228
May	366	4	370	3,226	n/a	3,226
June	366	1	367	3,325	n/a	3,325
July	366	1	367	3,182	247	3,429
August	377	1	378	3,247	253	3,500
September	377	0	377	3,318	243	3,561
October	379	0	379	3,252	233	3,485
November	384	2	386	3,245	238	3,483
December	378	3	381	3,062	244	3,306
2007
January	371	6	377	3,308	245	3,553
February	380	5	385	3,273	274	3,547
March	378	8	386	3,286	280	3,566
April	375	7	382	3,252	286	3,538
May	376	7	383	3,282	276	3,558
June	389	5	394	3,372	275	3,647
July	403	5	408	3,418	279	3,697
August	413	5	418	3,423	279	3,702
September	416	5	421	3,402	245	3,647
October	416	4	420	3,250	281	3,531
November	430	2	432	3,278	236	3,514
December	431	2	433	3,288	232	3,520
2008
January	450	3	453	3,528	211	3,739
February	454	3	457	3,532	193	3,725
March	453	6	459	3,530	166	3,696
(1) Headcount for IPS includes all interims and office temps but excludes casual staff and consultants.

Foreign Workers: Domestic Service

Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment she has made of the likely impact on the human rights of migrant domestic workers of ending the domestic migrant worker visa; [206108]

(2) what representations she has received on the future of the domestic migrant worker visa; [206109]

(3) when she plans to make an announcement on the future of the domestic migrant worker visa; [206110]

(4) what assessment her Department has made of the protection afforded to workers covered by the terms of the domestic migrant worker visa. [206111]

Mr. Byrne: We fully understand—and have received representations from several organisations and private individuals on—the protections which are valued in the current route for overseas domestic workers in private households. We said in our consultation paper on visitors, published last December, that we are committed to the protection of those who are exploited when they are in the UK. We are currently conducting research and analysis in respect of the current provisions for overseas domestic workers. In light of the research findings we will consider, with interested parties, how best to achieve protection for any person who is found to be a victim of trafficking, irrespective of how they entered the UK.

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