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1505516

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses investigated as part of Operation Tacit were visited by inspectors during (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and how many and what proportion of such visits led to the imposition of (i) fines and (ii) other penalties for non-compliance.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	48364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Exploiting vulnerable workers for commercial gain is despicable and this Government will not stand for it. Operation TACIT was set-up to investigate allegations of widespread exploitation and modern slavery in Leicester, and to take appropriate action where non-compliance was found.</p><p>To date (7<sup>th</sup> September 2022), a total of 484 visits have been undertaken at commercial premises, as part of Operation TACIT; 219 of these visits took place in 2021 and 76 in 2022, the remainder were done in 2020. All investigations which suggest non-compliance by a given business have been followed up with visits from relevant enforcement bodies.</p><p>Some issues were uncovered such as health and safety breaches, illegal working and risk of underpayment of national minimum wage. The Government does not tolerate labour market non-compliance: taskforce partners have taken appropriate action to deal with any exploitation, non-compliance and breaches of the law where found. Of those premises visited, enforcement action of some kind was taken against 117 (roughly 24% of all visits) and the Government will continue to take appropriate action against unscrupulous employers and individuals who exploit workers</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45830 question first answered 20/09/2022 14:47:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1505524

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made towards the appointment of a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner following the interviews of candidates for the role which took place in April 2022; and what her planned timetable is for making a final decision on a new appointee for that role.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	48370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.</p><p>The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F578498%2Fgovernance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSarah.Smith14%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9968d57dcce4f98e27808da90a5f167%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637981339633948500%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yTlYEGE5RFKNDFzDcH2vY37CIDV%2Fue9%2B9MG0534wKyg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>A decision on the appointment is under consideration and an announcement will follow in due course.</p><p>My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary will set out the Government’s plans for modern slavery legislation in due course. We will engage with the new IASC on the legislation following their appointment.</p><p>The Government continues to work with a range of partners to shape its response to modern slavery and will look forward to working with the new IASC when appointed.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 48371 48372 question first answered 20/09/2022 14:24:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1505525

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
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 implications of the length of time taken to appoint a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner on the effectiveness of efforts to tackle modern slavery in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	48371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.</p><p>The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F578498%2Fgovernance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSarah.Smith14%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9968d57dcce4f98e27808da90a5f167%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637981339633948500%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yTlYEGE5RFKNDFzDcH2vY37CIDV%2Fue9%2B9MG0534wKyg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>A decision on the appointment is under consideration and an announcement will follow in due course.</p><p>My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary will set out the Government’s plans for modern slavery legislation in due course. We will engage with the new IASC on the legislation following their appointment.</p><p>The Government continues to work with a range of partners to shape its response to modern slavery and will look forward to working with the new IASC when appointed.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 48370 48372 question first answered 20/09/2022 14:24:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1505527

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on making revisions to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 before or after the appointment of a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	48372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.</p><p>The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F578498%2Fgovernance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSarah.Smith14%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9968d57dcce4f98e27808da90a5f167%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637981339633948500%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yTlYEGE5RFKNDFzDcH2vY37CIDV%2Fue9%2B9MG0534wKyg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>A decision on the appointment is under consideration and an announcement will follow in due course.</p><p>My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary will set out the Government’s plans for modern slavery legislation in due course. We will engage with the new IASC on the legislation following their appointment.</p><p>The Government continues to work with a range of partners to shape its response to modern slavery and will look forward to working with the new IASC when appointed.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 48370 48371 question first answered 20/09/2022 14:24:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1505098

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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 plans she has to allow pre-legislative scrutiny of the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	47635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to publish in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny the Modern Slavery Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech in May.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/09/2022 14:19:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1503364

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
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 Written Ministerial Statement of 17 May 2022 on Ratification of the Istanbul Convention, HCWS34, whether her Department plans to introduce safeguards to protect migrant women from gender-based violence in the context of the decision to apply a reservation to Article 59 of that Convention.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	44996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>On 21<sup>st</sup> July the UK ratified the Istanbul Convention sending a strong message to women and girls across the UK, and around the world, that the Government is committed to tackling VAWG. The UK applied two reservations, including one on Article 59 which relates to support for migrant victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>The last annual progress report on ratification of the Convention confirmed that the UK’s position on Article 59 is “under review” pending the results and evaluation of the Support for Migrant Victims (SMV) Pilot Scheme. The Government will make a longer-term decision about the UK’s position on Article 59, and whether the reservation on that article should be maintained or withdrawn, in the light of the findings of the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme pilot and wider policy considerations. Therefore, we decided to apply a reservation on Article 59, which nine other countries have also done, to enable the UK to ratify as soon as possible.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting all victims of domestic abuse, including migrant victims, regardless of immigration status. Therefore, in the interim, £1.4 million of funding has been allocated in 2022-23 to continue to fund support for migrant victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 06/09/2022 15:50:24 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1503385

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities helping to tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45046 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503386

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities specialising in support for victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45045 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503387

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle the root causes of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a government priority. VAWG is an unacceptable, preventable issue which blights the lives of millions.</p><p>One year on from the publication of the Tackling VAWG Strategy, we have made significant progress and delivered a number of key commitments to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online, at work and in public spaces. This includes action to tackle the causes of these crimes. We have:</p><p>o supported the introduction of a new full-time National Policing Lead for VAWG, DCC Maggie Blyth, to help strengthen the police response;</p><p>o ratified the Istanbul Convention on 21 July 2022, demonstrating to women in the UK and to our partners overseas our commitment to tackling VAWG;</p><p>o launched the first phase of our national communications campaign, ‘Enough’, to challenge the harmful behaviours that exist within wider society, educate young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensure victims can recognise abuse and receive support;</p><p>o announced that we will add VAWG to the Strategic Policing Requirement meaning it will be set out as a national threat for forces to respond to alongside other threats such as terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse;</p><p>o allocated £55 million to communities through the Safer Streets Fund and Safety of Women at Night Fund, including for extra CCTV, streetlighting and work to change attitudes and work to preventing VAWG in public spaces at night;</p><p>o published a refreshed National Statement of Expectations and accompanying VAWG Commissioning Toolkit to outline the activity that local areas should undertake to ensure victims and survivors of VAWG get the help and support they need;</p><p>o criminalised virginity testing, to send a clear message that this practice is wholly unacceptable in our society;</p><p>o appointed joint Transport Champions to help make public transport safer for women and girls; and</p><p>o piloted a tool, StreetSafe, which enables the public to anonymously report areas where they feel unsafe.</p><p>In addition, in May 2022, the Home Office launched a competition on What Works to prevent violence against women and girls. This will provide multi-year funding to providers and be accompanied by extensive evaluation to increase our understanding of what works.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 06/09/2022 15:39:00 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503388

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Greater London
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 has taken to tackle the recent increase in violence against women in North East London.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle and prevent VAWG wherever it occurs.</p><p>To support preventing and tackling these crimes in London, we have:</p><ul><li>Allocated over £1.5 million was allocated to projects in London through the Safer Streets Fund and Safety of Women at Night Fund which support areas to put in place measures such as extra CCTV and streetlighting and projects which work to change attitudes and behaviours;</li><li>Awarded over £300,000 to the London Borough of Redbridge, this financial year to continue funding the Spotlight Programme which seeks to help perpetrators change their abusive behaviour. This forms part of £2.5 million awarded to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to fund perpetrator interventions;</li><li>Provided £6.65m to Operation Soteria, which is working with 19 police forces, including the Metropolitan Police Service, to test and develop a new national operating model for the investigation and prosecution of rape.</li></ul><p>In addition, the Metropolitan Police are rolling out Domestic Abuse Matters training to their officers, to support their response to domestic abuse incidents.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45099 question first answered 07/09/2022 09:12:58 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry