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date	28/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Supply Chains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the findings of The Sancroft-Tussell Report: Eliminating Modern Slavery in Public Procurement, published on 22 March, whether they will terminate contracts with companies that have failed to comply with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what other actions, if any, have been or will be taken against those Government suppliers failing to meet the requirements of section 54; whether contracts to supply Government departments include obligations to demonstrate compliance with section 54; and what steps, if any, they have taken to ensure that their suppliers are taking steps to reduce modern slavery in their supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide various grounds on which contracting authorities must or may exclude suppliers from a public procurement process. Mandatory exclusion grounds include convictions for forced labour and human trafficking offences. Discretionary grounds include violations of obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour laws.</p><p>It is the responsibility of individual contracting authorities to ensure suppliers meet their contractual obligations and this is achieved through effective contract management. Such contracts have a range of mechanisms to enable performance to be managed and issues to be addressed, which includes termination.</p><p>The Home Office have developed and piloted a modern slavery supplier assessment tool to assess risk of modern slavery in supply chains, which has been trialled in five departments and is currently being updated prior to further roll-out. The Cabinet Office is also working with the Home Office to develop guidance for departments in identifying and tackling modern slavery, particularly in high risk sectors.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2018 15:16:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932376

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date	28/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 8 May (HL7173), how many people were (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017; and what penalties were imposed in cases of conviction.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>There have been zero defendants convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/07/2018 16:36:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932377

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many victims of human trafficking and modern slavery were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK in each financial year from 2009–10 to date; and of those how many were (1) EEA nationals, and (2) non-EEA nationals.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p><br> Statistics on the total number of people granted discretionary leave for all reasons can be found online at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p><p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism on a quarterly basis. These reports are available via the following links and the documents are attached for ease of reference.</p><p><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></p><p><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><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 2017 Annual Report Modern Slavery.pdf title 2017 - Annual Report - Modern Slavery 2 file name Tables Sponsorship April-Jun 2017 - Cs_01_q to Cs_14_q.xlsx title Tables Sponsorship April-Jun 2017 question first answered 12/07/2018 16:22:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich