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	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) the Telegraph Modern Slavery in Britain site, (b) the Modern Slavery advertising campaign and (c) the website www.modernslavery.co.uk; and what assessment she has made of the effects of that expenditure on awareness-raising and prevention of modern slavery.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	212702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>a) The Telegraph Modern Slavery webpages are part of a wider media partnership with the newspaper, which also includes print and online advertorials and digital advertising. The total cost of the partnership with The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph is £125,000. We are unable to give costs of constituent parts of the partnership, including the website, because of commercial confidentiality. <br>b) The Home Office has allocated a communications campaign budget of £2.3 million to raise awareness of Modern Slavery in the UK.<br>c) The Home Office has spent £44,000 on the Modern Slavery website. The campaign is being evaluated to ascertain its success in raising awareness of modern slavery in a number of ways including: reports of potential incidences of slavery via the new helpline and website; a pre and post campaign survey of 2,000 adults to measure shifts in awareness, attitudes and claimed behaviour; visits and activity on the website; evaluation of advertising reach and engagement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/11/2014 14:37:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25936 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

101959

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has consulted non-governmental organisations in the preparation of the Modern Slavery Action Plan; and when she will publish the Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	212789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>A wide range of stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations have been consulted as part of the development of the Modern Slavery Strategy. The Strategy is expected to be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/11/2014 14:40:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

156621

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what process she plans that businesses will report exploitation in their supply chains as a result of the Modern Slavery Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	215322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Businesses required to comply with the transparency in supply chains provision, now included in the Modern Slavery Bill, will be required to publish their annual slavery and trafficking statement on their website. They must also include a link to the slavery and human trafficking statement in a prominent place on their website’s homepage. <br><br>Where a business uncovers slavery or trafficking in their supply chains they will be encouraged to report their concerns or findings to the relevant authorities in that jurisdiction. The statutory guidance to support businesses <br>in understanding what kinds of information they may wish to include in any slavery and trafficking statement may include guidance on reporting concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/11/2014 15:16:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

166584

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North of 20 October 2014 to Question 210663, whether any of the budget for raising awareness of modern slavery has been spent on online or print articles in publications other than The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	216343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office launched a marketing campaign in July 2014 to raise awareness of Modern Slavery in the UK and promote a new Modern Slavery helpline and website. National press partnerships with The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday <br>Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday formed one part of the campaign, which included sponsored online and print articles in these publications and their respective websites: ‘Mail Online’ and ‘The Telegraph’ website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:09:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31163 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

166585

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North of 20 October 2014 to Question 210663, how the budget for raising awareness of modern slavery has been spent.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	216344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery marketing campaign launched on 31st July with the aim of bringing this hidden crime out into the open. The campaign included a TV advert supported by digital and video advertising. National press partnership <br>activity was then used to explain the issue in greater depth, including the signs of slavery to look out for, to raise awareness and encourage reporting. A website was developed to provide further information on the issue and provide <br>another means of reporting, in addition to a new helpline. <br><br>Another strand of the campaign targets employers in the small and medium sized enterprise sectors in which slavery has been reported, including construction and hospitality to remind them of their responsibility to ensure they are not <br>employing slavery labour directly or indirectly. Activity includes trade press, online and email advertising. <br><br>Local activity will also run as a pilot in Bradford, targeting victims and affected communities of modern slavery with advice on recognising and reporting slavery. Specific activity is currently being scoped out and planned, but is <br>likely to include community events and local partner activity. <br><br>The £2.3 million total campaign budget was spent on media and production costs to deliver the outlined activity and includes the cost of evaluating the campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:09:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31164 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

173216

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into modern slavery have been made in each police force area in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	220425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Data showing the number of police investigations for modern slavery in 2014 is not yet available. The National Policing Lead for modern slavery, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, is currently developing the approach to improving the management of modern slavery related data across all 43 police forces in England and Wales. These improvements in managing modern slavery data will result in greater cohesion across policing, which in turn will improve our strategic understanding and operational responses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, modern slavery offences have been added to the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for the first time. The HOCR provides guidance to police forces about how crime reported to the police should be recorded, meaning that from 1st April 2015 all modern slavery crimes reported to the police will be properly recorded.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a new statutory role, the Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner, responsible for improving awareness and detection by law enforcement, as well as working with partners to increase the number of successful prosecutions of the perpetrators of modern slavery. Kevin Hyland was appointed as the designate Commissioner in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 20/01/2015 16:38:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

175479

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to establish the EU forum on vulnerable workers proposed in her Department's Modern Slavery Strategy launched in November 2014; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	221877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government, with the support of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, is working with various bodies across the EU to strengthen links to tackle worker exploitation. As a precursor to establishing the EU forum, the GLA are mapping <br>all the current bodies and inspectorates across the EU that may identify vulnerable workers and identifying complementary and overlapping interests to support greater co-ordination across the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/01/2015 16:39:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

175481

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the terms of reference of her Department's evaluation of the effectiveness of its campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	221875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The findings of the campaign evaluation will be published by 30th June; this will state the background, purpose and methodology of the evaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/02/2015 17:31:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

175482

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 216344, when the findings of her Department's evaluation of the effectiveness of its campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery will be published; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	221885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The modern slavery campaign will end on 30th March. The evaluation will be completed and the findings published by 30th June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/02/2015 17:20:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

179178

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her modern day slavery strategy will contain plans to prevent victims of modern day slavery being retrafficked (a) within the UK, (b) within the EU and (c) elsewhere.
	tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
	tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
	uin	224195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery Strategy, published on 28 November 2014, sets out this <br>Government’s approach to tackling modern slavery. The strategy places <br>considerable focus on support for victims of slavery and trafficking, to enable <br>them to recover from their ordeal and move on with their lives. This includes <br>strengthening support for victims to help them avoid being retrafficked. <br>Commitments include activity to support adult and child victims, both where <br>they remain in the UK or wish to return home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:01:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge