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date	19/04/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, how many people have been (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted, for offences of human trafficking in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, for each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL7291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of convictions for human trafficking offences in England and Wales under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is held showing the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted where the human trafficking monitoring flag has been applied to case records. The table below shows the number of prosecutions and convictions for defendants during each of the last five years in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecuted</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convicted</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 25/05/2023 16:14:50 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1378410

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions are underway or planned of individuals charged with trafficking and smuggling people across the Channel.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	74863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government stands resolute in its commitment to tackle Organised Immigration Crime. We continue to pursue the Organised Crime Groups who facilitate illegal travel to the UK and who exploit vulnerable migrants, knowingly putting people in life-threatening situations. We are committed to prosecuting those who profit from dangerous and unnecessary Channel crossings in small boats.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data relating specifically to the points in the question. However, so far in 2021, 9 people have been convicted for facilitation offences relating to small boat crossings, with sentences totalling over 17 years’ imprisonment. Further, the Joint Intelligence Cell activity (UK-France joint investigations) has seen 17 small boat Organised Immigration Crime Groups dismantled since July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2021 10:29:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1247662

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	109784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 109379 question first answered 04/11/2020 16:44:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

838300

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to increase international cooperation in the prosecution of human traffickers.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	127195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is taking an ambitious approach to tackling modern slavery internationally, working to deepen cooperation with countries from where we receive high numbers of victims and with countries of high prevalence in order to support their efforts.</p><p>Later this month the Crown Prosecution Service will host an international summit for Prosecutors General from 21 countries around the world. It is an ambitious summit which aims to increase activity, identify ways to better support victims and witnesses, and establishing a strong, active international network to tackle the crime of Modern Slavery.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there are already 30 specialist prosecutors based overseas, building capability in local criminal justice systems to tackle serious and organised crime, including that of Modern Slavery.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/02/2018 08:13:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy