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782171

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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 estimate she has made of the number of organisations which have failed to publish a statement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 within the timeframes set out in Government guidelines; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	110772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government estimates that 9,000-11,000 businesses are required to publish statements. We do not have a definitive list of those businesses or a specific estimate of non-compliance. There are two independent websites which collate published statements at <a href="https://tiscreport.org" target="_blank">https://tiscreport.org</a> and <a href="http://www.modernslaveryregistry.org" target="_blank">www.modernslaveryregistry.org</a></p><p>The Government is taking action to improve compliance. We recently wrote to over 10,000 businesses that may be required to publish statements reminding them of their obligations and pointing them towards relevant guidance. We have also strengthened the wording in our guidance to set out our expectations for these statements more clearly.</p><p>In October the Government also launched a new ‘Business Against Slavery Forum’. This aims to establish a new partnership between Government and business to accelerate progress in tackling modern slavery. It will focus on sharing best practice and building new initiatives to tackle modern slavery, including improving business engagement with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:37:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

777857

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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 companies published a Modern Slavery Statement in accordance with the provisions of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	109691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not maintain a central register of ‘slavery and human trafficking statements’ published in accordance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Two independent repository websites have been set up to collate these statements. The Government is not involved in running or funding either website. Both websites make different estimates of the total number of statements published so far. The latest estimates can be accessed online at <a href="http://www.modernslaveryregistry.org/" target="_blank">http://www.modernslaveryregistry.org/</a> and <a href="https://tiscreport.org/" target="_blank">https://tiscreport.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/11/2017 10:03:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

777861

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, whether an assessment of the (a) number and (b) types of calls made to the modern slavery helpline has been made since that helpline was established.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	109685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery Helpline is operated by an organisation called Unseen, and is completely independent of Government.</p><p>Information about the number and types of calls received by the Modern Slavery Helpline can be found on the Unseen website <a href="http://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/information/stats" target="_blank">www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/information/stats</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2017 17:17:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

773245

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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 companies have been required to publish a modern slavery and human trafficking statement in accordance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017; and whether the identities of those companies are known to (i) her or (ii) her Department.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	108511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office estimates that between 9,000 – 11,000 businesses are required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement. The Government does not hold a definitive list of eligible organisations.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2017 13:57:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

760125

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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, from which public authorities her Department has received notifications under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	10481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since November 2015 we have received notifications under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 from the following public authorities:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Police forces in England and Wales</li><li>Border Force</li><li>UK Visas and Immigration</li><li>Immigration Enforcement</li><li>National Crime Agency</li><li>Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority</li><li>Local Authorities</li></ul><p> </p><p>We have also received notifications from a range of organisations within the NHS, including NHS Trusts and General Practitioners.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 09/10/2017 09:06:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

755883

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 recent discussions she has had with the head of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) on tackling modern slavery in the UK; and what programmes of work her Department undertakes in cooperation with the GLAA.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	7476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has regular discussions with the Chief Executive of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and the Chair of the Board as part of its routine business and strategic planning on departmental priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also supporting the GLAA as part of the reforms to labour market enforcement, which has included broadening the remit of the Authority, through the Immigration Act 2016, and giving it police powers to deal with serious cases of labour market abuse, including modern slavery. The Home Office will continue to work closely with the GLAA as the Director of Labour Market Enforcement develops the priorities for his annual strategy.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:07:28 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

757086

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 the Government has taken since 1 November 2015 to raise awareness amongst public authorities of their statutory duty to notify her where they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person may be a victim of slavery of human trafficking in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 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 to notify 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 12/09/2017 16:02:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

757087

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 notifications her Department has received under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 relating to slavery or human trafficking of (a) children and (b) adults.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 31 August 2017 under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 there have been 146 referrals to the Home Office where the victim was under 18 at the time of the suspected offence (but an adult when identified), and 1,699 when the victim was over 18 at the time of the suspected offence. There are a further 90 referrals where the victim’s age is unknown. Victims who are under 18 at the time of identification are automatically referred to the National Referral Mechanism.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2017 15:55:11 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris