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date	01/02/2018
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 effectiveness of the support for victims of modery slavery provided by local authorities in London.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>All local agencies, including local authorities, have statutory duties to safeguard children as part of their local responsibilities, regardless of their backgrounds or experiences. The revised ‘Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery’ statutory guidance for local authorities (2017) sets out the steps that local authorities should take to plan for the provision of support where the child is an unaccompanied asylum seeking child and/or may have been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery.</p><p>Support for adult victims of modern slavery is provided by a central Government-funded contract, delivery by the Salvation Army. Victims receive tailored specialist support, including: accommodation, subsistence, counselling, access to mental, physical and dental health services, and signposting to legal support.</p><p>As part of reform to the National Referral Mechanism, we are working with local authorities to test pathways for transitioning confirmed victims of modern slavery out of central Government-funded support into local communities, and will evaluate the effectiveness of these pathways.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2018 18:06:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

834781

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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 improve the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>On the 26<sup>th</sup> October 2017, this Government announced a package of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism, the system for identifying and support victims of modern slavery. Details can be found - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modern-slavery-victims-to-receive-longer-period-of-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modern-slavery-victims-to-receive-longer-period-of-support</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2018 18:07:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

834782

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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 and what proportion of people referred through the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery have made claims for asylum in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are published regularly by the National Crime Agency and in the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. These reports are available via the following links:<br><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:41:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

833986

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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 Minister for the Home Department, pursuant the oral contribution of 17 January 2008, what plans she has to coordinate with other countries to eliminate modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	125743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to driving action to eradicate modern slavery internationally, as well as in the UK. <br>The Government is developing strong partnerships with countries that have many victims trafficked into the UK, as well as working with countries that have a high prevalence of slavery to support their efforts to tackle it. The Government is also advocating for better multilateral engagement and international coordination to drive action on modern slavery globally. In September 2017 the Prime Minister launched a Call to Action at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to encourage countries to drive action to tackle modern slavery - 41 countries have now endorsed the Call to Action. The Prime Minister also announced at UNGA that the UK would double its aid budget for tackling modern slavery to £150m. This includes the £33.5m Modern Slavery Fund managed by the Home Office for targeted projects in countries from which the UK receives high numbers of victims. <br>More information on the Government’s international work can be found at chapter 2 of the 2017 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2018 14:22:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

833988

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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 Minister for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of 17 January 2018, what the evidential basis is for the statement that more victims are willing and able to come forward, and have the confidence to do so.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	125745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The evidential basis is provided the 2017 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery, available on gov.uk via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652366/2017_uk_annual_report_on_modern_slavery.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652366/2017_uk_annual_report_on_modern_slavery.pdf</a></p><p>The number of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – the UK’s modern slavery victim identification and support service – has increased every year since the NRM was introduced in 2009. 3,804 potential victims were referred into the NRM process in 2016. This figure represents a 16% increase over the number of referrals in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2018 15:01:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris