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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-09-04more like thismore than 2018-09-04
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Human Trafficking more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will issue new guidance following the case of PK(Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 98. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Doocey more like this
uin HL9942 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>Following the judgment in PK(Ghana) officials were instructed to temporarily defer most decisions on whether to grant discretionary leave to remain to trafficking victims. This was to enable new guidance to be prepared that would take account of the findings of the Court.</p><p>Grants of discretionary leave continued to be made if it was found that a grant was necessary to enable a trafficking victim to seek compensation through the courts or to assist the police with a criminal investigation or prosecution. Victims also continued to be granted leave if they qualified for refugee status or under other provisions in the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The new guidance was published on 8 August 2018 and normal decision making has therefore resumed. The guidance is available on the GOV.UK web-pages at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf</a></p>
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-09-13T13:36:09.833Zmore like thismore than 2018-09-13T13:36:09.833Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
attachment
1
file name dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v2.pdf more like this
title dl - for victims of Modern Slavery remove filter
tabling member
4197
label Biography information for Baroness Doocey more like this