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884201

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date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery: Convictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals have been brought against convictions under section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The total number of appeals under section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is 6 and the total number of appeals under section 2 is 8.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6887 question first answered 30/04/2018 15:32:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

884202

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery: Convictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals have been brought against convictions under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The total number of appeals under section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is 6 and the total number of appeals under section 2 is 8.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6886 question first answered 30/04/2018 15:32:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

884203

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Commonwealth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the use of false and fraudulently obtained documents to facilitate trafficking and modern slavery from Commonwealth countries to the UK via visa entry clearance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HMG undertakes regular assessment of threats to the UK immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been made relating to the use of false and fraudulently obtained documents to facilitate trafficking and modern slavery from Commonwealth countries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/04/2018 17:01:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

884204

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Albania
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many false or fraudulently obtained Albanian biometric passports have been detected or confiscated in the past three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/04/2018 11:37:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

884205

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Asia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any systematic abuse of the UK Tier 4 visa system to facilitate trafficking of children and young adults to the UK from Vietnam and China.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government complete regular assessments of the threats posed to the UK Visa and Immigration system and Human Trafficking.</p><p>In response to an identified threat, it has been assessed that the Tier 4 student route is associated with a small proportion of non compliant or abusive Vietnamese migrants a small number being referred to the NRM as potential victims of trafficking.</p><p>No specific assessment has been conducted in relation to Chinese students because the threat is currently assessed as being low with high levels of visa compliance within the Tier 4 route.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/04/2018 16:59:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

884206

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 March (HL6484), whether first responders other than the police who make a referral to the National Referral Mechanism are required to contact the police to make a crime report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>All referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are shared with the relevant police force to either record a modern slavery crime or to record a crime related incident. This function is carried out by the NRM Competent Authorities rather than NRM First Responders.</p><p>The criteria determining whether the police record a modern slavery crime or a crime related incident upon receipt of an NRM referral is published in the Home Office Counting Rules For Recorded Crime, attached and available online at:</p><p><br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694433/count-violence-apr-2018.pdf" target="_blank"> https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694433/count-violence-apr-2018.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/04/2018 15:41:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name count-violence-apr-2018.pdf title count-violence-apr-2018
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

874368

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders have been (1) applied for, and (2) granted, since the introduction of those orders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2018 answer text <p>The latest data for Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders, made available to the Home Office, is for the period July 2015 to September 2017 and covers applications made in Magistrates’ Courts. During this time 33 applications were made for Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders, of which 26 were granted, 5 were refused and 2 were withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been run specifically to answer this question and is not verified to the same standard as Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/04/2018 12:07:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

874369

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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 times the defence set out in section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has been applied.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number and type of cases where the statutory defence set out in section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has been applied are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory defence could arise in any category of offence and may be a consideration in the decision as to whether to charge an individual in circumstances where the defence could apply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/04/2018 14:50:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

872432

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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 negative National Referral Mechanism decisions have been reconsidered and re-issued as a positive decision in the past three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) decisions that have been reconsidered.</p><p> </p><p>The National Crime Agency publishes NRM statistics on their website.</p><p> </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> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/04/2018 15:39:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

872434

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Independent Child Trafficking Advocates have been recruited.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>In advance of national roll out, the Government introduced Independent Child Trafficking Advocates in three early adopter sites (Greater Manchester, Hampshire and nationally in Wales). The service will run in these sites from January 2017 until January 2019. Eight Independent Child Trafficking Advocates have been recruited across the three Early Adopter Sites – three in Wales; two in Greater Manchester; and three in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. From the 30 January 2017 until the end of January 2018, 215 children have been allocated an Independent Child Trafficking Advocate.</p><p> </p><p>An Independent Expert Advisory Panel will assess the effectiveness of the model in the early adopter sites. The result of the assessment will inform any necessary improvements to the service before it is rolled out nationally so that this incredibly vulnerable group of children are given the best possible support.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6624 HL6625 question first answered 11/04/2018 15:48:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey