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681222

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of proposals by the Anti-Slavery Commissioners to establish a central repository for modern slavery statements; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	62209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We have not received a proposal from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner regarding the establishment of a central repository for modern slavery statements. We have not endorsed a particular repository for such statements. So far, two repository websites have been set up to collect the ‘slavery and human trafficking statements’ published by businesses in one place<del class="ministerial">. These are being run by Unseen and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre</del>.<ins class="ministerial"> These are being run by Semantrica and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/02/2017 16:41:43 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2017 14:16:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 33834 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

679749

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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 her Department will centrally publish the (a) companies who are required to report and (b) companies who have reported under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	62004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>We are not currently planning to publish a list of businesses who are required to report or who have reported under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. A number of non-governmental organisations are already collating and monitoring statements from businesses that are required to report. We are considering whether any additional steps might be necessary to make this monitoring more consistent and transparent, without duplicating the work already undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/02/2017 15:55:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

674309

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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 plans to take to ensure that public bodies implement section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	60368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>We published guidance on the Modern Slavery Act on GOV.UK and a circular was sent to all bodies who are subject to the duty when section 52 was first introduced. In October 2016, we launched a communications campaign to raise awareness amongst public bodies and made communications materials available on GOV.UK. We will continue to promote the duty to notify in consultation with key partners.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2017 15:49:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

671805

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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 people have been identified as potential victims of modern slavery or trafficking as a result of Operation Magnify; and how many of those people have been detained due to lack of documentation.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	59506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The data requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2017 13:50:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

657187

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement during her visit to the Gulf of December 2016 on cooperation to end modern slavery, how many UK personnel will be allocated to help tackle such slavery in each of the six Gulf states.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	57147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Modern slavery is a complex, transnational crime and a wide range of UK diplomatic, policy and operational staff are involved in supporting HMG’s response to this issue, based both in the UK and overseas. The cooperation agreed at the Gulf Summit will primarily be taken forward by Immigration Regional Liaison Officers and diplomatic staff based in the region, supported by teams in London, as part of a wider range of tasks.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2016 17:52:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

637945

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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 her Department is taking to promote the guidance, Transparency in supply chains: a practical guide, issued under section 54(9) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	53337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and officials promote the guidance at events on transparency in supply chains and in response to a range of queries from businesses, trade bodies and non-governmental organisations . We have also promoted transparency in supply chains legislation to other governments, both in bilateral meetings and through multilateral fora, including at G7, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe events.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2016 16:44:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

637946

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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 estimate she has made of the proportion of businesses with a turnover of £36 million or more which are complying with the provisions of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	53319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated what proportion of businesses have complied so far. We published guidance in October 2015 advising that businesses should report as soon as reasonably practicable after their financial year end, which in practice should mean within six months of an organisation’s financial year end.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2016 16:44:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

607547

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
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 potential victims of trafficking whose type of exploitation is recorded as unknown in the National Referral Mechanism Statistics, end of year summary 2015, published on 11 February 2016 were identified; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	49737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Potential Victims who are recorded in the National Referral Mechanism Statistics (NRM) statistics as having suffered an unknown type of exploitation are identified and referred through the same process as other victims. The breakdown of agencies who referred them to the NRM are included in published statistics, data for which is derived from initial referral forms. An ‘unknown’ categorisation can result from missing or incomplete information on this form, which may be collected at a later stage as part of the ongoing assessment and safeguarding of the potential victim concerned.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2016 16:26:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

605953

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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 it is the practice of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to analyse the supply chain statements of private companies in relation to modern slavery and human trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	49330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has a remit to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of modern slavery offences and in the identification of victims.</p><p>This can include encouraging good practice among businesses. It is for the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to determine how to carry out this work.</p><p>He made ‘private sector engagement to encourage supply chain transparency’ one of his five priorities in his Strategic Plan for 2015-2017 and reported on progress in his first annual report, which was published on 12 October.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/10/2016 17:34:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

605954

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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 estimate she has made of the proportion of companies which have published details of the measures they are taking to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	49331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated what proportion of businesses have reported so far.</p><p>We published guidance in October 2015 advising that businesses should report as soon as reasonably practicable after their financial year end, which in practice should mean within six months of an organisation’s financial year end.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/10/2016 17:36:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson