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1698376

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national referral mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is focussed on improving National Referral Mechanism (NRM) decision-making timescales. We have seen an unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals in the NRM; a 625% rise between 2014 and 2022. In 2023, 17,004 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office, the highest annual number since the NRM began in 2009. Despite this, since January 2023 the number of decisions outstanding has been coming down for the first time ever, showing that what we are doing is working.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that genuine victims are identified and introduced legislation under the Nationality and Borders Act to ensure that there is a robust system which supports victims and reduces the opportunity for misuse.</p><p>The Home Office holds all policies and procedures under review to ensure they are effective in delivering the aims of the government. We continue to monitor the effectiveness of the NRM accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/04/2024 12:16:28 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688720

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May 2023 (HL Deb col 1923) that they are "committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery and supporting victims", what steps they are taking to protect the rights of genuine victims of slavery.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL2326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that genuine victims of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) are identified promptly and provided with the support necessary to assist them in rebuilding their lives.</p><p>The rights of victims of MSHT in the UK are governed by both our domestic and international obligations, such as those protected under the Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT), Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) and Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NABA). Section 45 of the MSA 2015 introduced a statutory defence for victims of modern slavery to protect them from prosecution for crimes they have been compelled or forced to commit as a result of their exploitation.</p><p>The Home Office funds the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), valued at £379m over its lifespan, to provide temporary needs-based support to enable adult victims to escape modern slavery, connect with long-term support, and reintegrate into the community.</p><p>In addition to the statutory support provided to children by the local authorities, the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship service, which provides advice and support for potentially trafficked children, irrespective of nationality, covers two-thirds of the local authorities across England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 22/02/2024 17:30:53 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1678293

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 6 February (HL4984), when they will publish the guidance on providing 12 months' support to modern slavery victims who hold a positive conclusive grounds decision.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>We carefully reviewed the commitment made regarding the provision of 12 months’ support to modern slavery victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and concluded that the Recovery Needs Assessment ensures that necessary support is available to victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision for the necessary length of time, including if this is 12 months, or longer. There is therefore no need to specify 12-month support for all individuals in guidance and no current plans to do so.</p><p>A total of 10,704 consenting adults in England and Wales received support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care contract during the year ending June 2023, the largest number support for any year since the contract began, and the Government remains committed to supporting victims based on need.</p><p>Through Section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Government also set out, for the first time in primary legislation, that confirmed victims of modern slavery are eligible for temporary permission to stay in the UK. Depending on the individual circumstances, Temporary Permission to Stay can be granted for 12 months, or more, to confirmed victims of Modern Slavery. This delivers a fair and effective permission to stay process in relation to confirmed victims of modern slavery, allowing those who are cooperating with public authorities in the investigation and/or prosecution of their exploiters to stay in the UK for that purpose.</p><p>We do not publish the other data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1218 HL1219 question first answered 02/01/2024 16:39:22 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1678294

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the past three years, how many victims of modern slavery have (1) received support following a recovery needs assessment, (2) received all the support they asked for, and (3) received support for 12 months or more.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>We carefully reviewed the commitment made regarding the provision of 12 months’ support to modern slavery victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and concluded that the Recovery Needs Assessment ensures that necessary support is available to victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision for the necessary length of time, including if this is 12 months, or longer. There is therefore no need to specify 12-month support for all individuals in guidance and no current plans to do so.</p><p>A total of 10,704 consenting adults in England and Wales received support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care contract during the year ending June 2023, the largest number support for any year since the contract began, and the Government remains committed to supporting victims based on need.</p><p>Through Section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Government also set out, for the first time in primary legislation, that confirmed victims of modern slavery are eligible for temporary permission to stay in the UK. Depending on the individual circumstances, Temporary Permission to Stay can be granted for 12 months, or more, to confirmed victims of Modern Slavery. This delivers a fair and effective permission to stay process in relation to confirmed victims of modern slavery, allowing those who are cooperating with public authorities in the investigation and/or prosecution of their exploiters to stay in the UK for that purpose.</p><p>We do not publish the other data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1217 HL1219 question first answered 02/01/2024 16:39:22 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1678295

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the past three years, how many victims of modern slavery have qualified for leave to remain to pursue a compensation claim or a criminal case against their traffickers.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>We carefully reviewed the commitment made regarding the provision of 12 months’ support to modern slavery victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and concluded that the Recovery Needs Assessment ensures that necessary support is available to victims with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision for the necessary length of time, including if this is 12 months, or longer. There is therefore no need to specify 12-month support for all individuals in guidance and no current plans to do so.</p><p>A total of 10,704 consenting adults in England and Wales received support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care contract during the year ending June 2023, the largest number support for any year since the contract began, and the Government remains committed to supporting victims based on need.</p><p>Through Section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Government also set out, for the first time in primary legislation, that confirmed victims of modern slavery are eligible for temporary permission to stay in the UK. Depending on the individual circumstances, Temporary Permission to Stay can be granted for 12 months, or more, to confirmed victims of Modern Slavery. This delivers a fair and effective permission to stay process in relation to confirmed victims of modern slavery, allowing those who are cooperating with public authorities in the investigation and/or prosecution of their exploiters to stay in the UK for that purpose.</p><p>We do not publish the other data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1217 HL1218 question first answered 02/01/2024 16:39:22 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1671537

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified under the national referral mechanism in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the (NRM). The statistics for the last 12 months can be found here; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">National Referral Mechanism statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>The data shows the number of potential victims that have been identified by the National Referral Mechanism.</p><p>Further disaggregated data is published via the UK Data Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/11/2023 17:26:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1649464

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
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 is taking to support victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	905743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Adult victims in England and Wales are supported through the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract, led by The Salvation Army, alongside wider state services</p><p>Child victims are supported by local authority safeguarding structures and Independent Child Trafficking Guardians provide support and advocate to reflect the best interests of the child in decision-making processes. Guardians are currently in two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 03/07/2023 15:20:34 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1647835

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188925, if she will make it her policy to publish data on (a) the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under the Multi-Agency Assurance Panels process and (b) the time taken to uphold a decision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) were introduced as a matter of policy in an advisory capacity as part of the NRM decision making process to review negative conclusive grounds decisions prior to decision service. Decision making responsibility remained with the competent authorities, who would consider the feedback given by MAAPs.</p><p>The competent authorities provided MAAPs with details of a case at least three working days ahead of the scheduled review, to allow MAAPs time to consider the case. Following the review MAAP Chairs were required to return feedback within two working days. MAAPs may have agreed with the decision of the competent authority, disagreed, or suggested that more information may be required. The competent authority would consider the MAAP feedback and what action, if any, was required, prior to issuing a final decision. The time taken for such action was dependent on the individual case and the nature of the feedback that had been given.</p><p>MAAPs were removed from the decision-making process in December 2022. Data on MAAPs was not published during their existence and there are no plans to publish that data going forward.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 04/07/2023 16:51:20 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1644154

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current average wait time for a decision to be made on a modern slavery case under the National Referral Mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	189164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include the average time taken to make a Conclusive Grounds Decision. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1154119%2Fmodern-slavery-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-uk-quarter-1-2023-january-to-march-tables.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C37a5d54c543448bc7b0608db6ca911e2%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638223245619002432%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GiExK5FARHJMLKjg85xVDl9ebNDQKCXYFtNG77V7aDM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1154119/modern-slavery-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-uk-quarter-1-2023-january-to-march-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 09:08:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1643800

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what estimate her Department has made of the average number of days taken by (a) Multi-Agency Assurance Panels decision-making (b) second pair of eyes review processes; and what proportion of negative Conclusive Grounds decisions were upheld under these processes for identifying victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188927 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas