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1330157

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons subcontractors are not permitted to share high level, non-identifying data secured within the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract for the purposes of anti-trafficking research.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	11638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), a lot of personal and protected data is generated, stored and processed to enable delivery of key services to vulnerable victims.</p><p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA), who manage the MSVC Contract delivered by The Salvation Army (TSA), is currently reviewing how such data can be appropriately handled for research purposes.</p><p>It is imperative to get the balance right between ensuring that rich data can support insights into key operational and policy activities, and ensuring that (when such data is utilised) it is done in ways which are fully compliant with data protection rules and are transparent to the victims themselves.</p><p>Service providers are already able to engage with TSA and the SCA should they want to provide high level, non-identifying data for the purposes of research.</p><p>The SCA has been communicating with MSVCC service providers about this ongoing work, and the potential next steps in agreeing a contractual mechanism to manage any such future research.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 11639 11640 question first answered 10/06/2021 15:36:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1330158

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Home Office plans to publish an explanation of its prohibition of the use of any data which results from the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	11639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), a lot of personal and protected data is generated, stored and processed to enable delivery of key services to vulnerable victims.</p><p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA), who manage the MSVC Contract delivered by The Salvation Army (TSA), is currently reviewing how such data can be appropriately handled for research purposes.</p><p>It is imperative to get the balance right between ensuring that rich data can support insights into key operational and policy activities, and ensuring that (when such data is utilised) it is done in ways which are fully compliant with data protection rules and are transparent to the victims themselves.</p><p>Service providers are already able to engage with TSA and the SCA should they want to provide high level, non-identifying data for the purposes of research.</p><p>The SCA has been communicating with MSVCC service providers about this ongoing work, and the potential next steps in agreeing a contractual mechanism to manage any such future research.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 11638 11640 question first answered 10/06/2021 15:36:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1330160

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when organisations will be permitted to share their learning in the form of high level, non-identifying data from their front-line work undertaken under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	11640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), a lot of personal and protected data is generated, stored and processed to enable delivery of key services to vulnerable victims.</p><p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA), who manage the MSVC Contract delivered by The Salvation Army (TSA), is currently reviewing how such data can be appropriately handled for research purposes.</p><p>It is imperative to get the balance right between ensuring that rich data can support insights into key operational and policy activities, and ensuring that (when such data is utilised) it is done in ways which are fully compliant with data protection rules and are transparent to the victims themselves.</p><p>Service providers are already able to engage with TSA and the SCA should they want to provide high level, non-identifying data for the purposes of research.</p><p>The SCA has been communicating with MSVCC service providers about this ongoing work, and the potential next steps in agreeing a contractual mechanism to manage any such future research.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 11638 11639 question first answered 10/06/2021 15:36:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1254866

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether potential victims of (a) trafficking or (b) modern slavery who were in the National Referral Mechanism before November 2019 (a) were offered and (b) received subsistence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	120120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>In reference to your first question, the rates for financial support are set out in the Victim Care Contract (VCC) and Modern Slavery Act 2015: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales. These rates have not been adjusted for inflation, however, they are kept under review. The Home Office is currently working towards a new financial support policy that will focus on individual victims’ needs.</p><p>In reference to your second question, there is no distinction made between victims of trafficking and modern slavery in relation to support provided by the VCC. The current VCC has been operational since 2015; providing support to individuals who have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), have received a positive reasonable grounds decision and have consented to support. The VCC provides support through accommodation (where needed), financial support and specialist support workers.</p><p>We are aware that some individuals may have received incorrect financial support payments during their time in VCC support until 30 November 2019. Financial support payments may have been reduced as a result of them receiving alternative sources of income, in a way that was not in line with published policy or with the wording of the VCC. We are working at pace to establish who may have been affected. We will communicate further details on how we plan to rectify this issue in the coming weeks.</p><p>In reference to your third question, the data requested on how many and what proportion of people in the NRM from April 2019 to March 2020 are receiving subsistence payments does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office published quarterly statistics regarding the NRM which can be found at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fnational-referral-mechanism-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJonetLouise.Tann%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba87e3492953489400b208d892005230%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637419877354136393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TmHTAbCMBGcaGXp2TJpvSxf%2BvgVwOJkcLpM%2FFRAb2R4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 120121 120124 question first answered 30/11/2020 17:11:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1254867

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	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 in the National Referral Mechanism from April 2019 to March 2020 (a) received and (b) did not receive weekly subsistence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	120121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>In reference to your first question, the rates for financial support are set out in the Victim Care Contract (VCC) and Modern Slavery Act 2015: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales. These rates have not been adjusted for inflation, however, they are kept under review. The Home Office is currently working towards a new financial support policy that will focus on individual victims’ needs.</p><p>In reference to your second question, there is no distinction made between victims of trafficking and modern slavery in relation to support provided by the VCC. The current VCC has been operational since 2015; providing support to individuals who have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), have received a positive reasonable grounds decision and have consented to support. The VCC provides support through accommodation (where needed), financial support and specialist support workers.</p><p>We are aware that some individuals may have received incorrect financial support payments during their time in VCC support until 30 November 2019. Financial support payments may have been reduced as a result of them receiving alternative sources of income, in a way that was not in line with published policy or with the wording of the VCC. We are working at pace to establish who may have been affected. We will communicate further details on how we plan to rectify this issue in the coming weeks.</p><p>In reference to your third question, the data requested on how many and what proportion of people in the NRM from April 2019 to March 2020 are receiving subsistence payments does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office published quarterly statistics regarding the NRM which can be found at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fnational-referral-mechanism-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJonetLouise.Tann%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba87e3492953489400b208d892005230%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637419877354136393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TmHTAbCMBGcaGXp2TJpvSxf%2BvgVwOJkcLpM%2FFRAb2R4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 120120 120124 question first answered 30/11/2020 17:11:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1254868

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people in the National Referral Mechanism in receipt of Victim Care Contract support will continue to receive that support during covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	120122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the safety and security of potential and confirmed victims of modern slavery has been our priority. We have continued to work closely with the Prime Contractor for the Victim Care Contract (VCC), The Salvation Army, to ensure individuals get the support they need and we can continue to take new referrals.</p><p>There remains flexibility in the VCC to address the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions through existing policies, such as the extension request mechanism and Recovery Needs Assessments (RNAs). A minimum of 45 calendar days of VCC ‘move-on’ support will be maintained for confirmed victims following their receipt of a positive Conclusive Grounds (CG) decision and support is then tailored based on the recovery needs of the victims. The extension request process remains in place for individuals in receipt of a negative CG decision who require longer to exit support.</p><p>Support workers will continue to consider the capacity of local services when planning move-on after a positive or negative Conclusive Grounds decision and will not facilitate move-on unless it is safe and appropriate to do so. RNA decision-making by the Single Competent Authority will also take account of these factors.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2020 17:09:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1254870

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial support for victims of trafficking is adjusted for inflation by (a) date and (b) amount of each adjustment.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	120124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>In reference to your first question, the rates for financial support are set out in the Victim Care Contract (VCC) and Modern Slavery Act 2015: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales. These rates have not been adjusted for inflation, however, they are kept under review. The Home Office is currently working towards a new financial support policy that will focus on individual victims’ needs.</p><p>In reference to your second question, there is no distinction made between victims of trafficking and modern slavery in relation to support provided by the VCC. The current VCC has been operational since 2015; providing support to individuals who have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), have received a positive reasonable grounds decision and have consented to support. The VCC provides support through accommodation (where needed), financial support and specialist support workers.</p><p>We are aware that some individuals may have received incorrect financial support payments during their time in VCC support until 30 November 2019. Financial support payments may have been reduced as a result of them receiving alternative sources of income, in a way that was not in line with published policy or with the wording of the VCC. We are working at pace to establish who may have been affected. We will communicate further details on how we plan to rectify this issue in the coming weeks.</p><p>In reference to your third question, the data requested on how many and what proportion of people in the NRM from April 2019 to March 2020 are receiving subsistence payments does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office published quarterly statistics regarding the NRM which can be found at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fnational-referral-mechanism-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJonetLouise.Tann%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba87e3492953489400b208d892005230%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637419877354136393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TmHTAbCMBGcaGXp2TJpvSxf%2BvgVwOJkcLpM%2FFRAb2R4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 120120 120121 question first answered 30/11/2020 17:11:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1230589

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has published details of an independent inspection framework for the Victim Care Contract for supporting survivors of slavery; and which body will be responsible for managing those inspections.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	84337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has worked with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to develop an inspection framework based on CQC’s five key lines of enquiry to assess the quality of support provided to victims in England and Wales who are receiving accommodation or outreach support through the Victim Care Contract. This framework was developed with the input of support providers and the wider third sector.</p><p>In Autumn 2019, and early 2020, CQC piloted inspections based on this framework within the current Victim Care Contract and made iterative changes to the framework as a result. This framework is now complete and will be published in due course.</p><p>The inspection regime has been incorporated in the new Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract and the process to formalise the appointment of an independent inspectorate is underway.</p><p>An independent inspection regime will enable the Home Office to ensure the consistency and quality of support throughout the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract and give victims the help and support they need to begin to rebuild their lives.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2020 15:54:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1200222

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Recovery Needs Assessments are being carried out during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps she has taken to ensure people currently in support are not adversely affected by that assessment process.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	54229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>The Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process takes place for all confirmed victims of modern slavery who are receiving support through the Victim Care Contract (VCC) to ensure that support is tailored to their individual recovery needs. This process informs a tailored move-on plan, with the aim of establishing longer-term stability by helping victims to transition out of VCC support and back into a community, as appropriate. Where this is not possible, VCC support will continue to meet the victim’s ongoing recovery needs.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, confirmed victims who receive a positive Conclusive Grounds decision will have an RNA completed, as it is vital that we continue to facilitate the recovery of victims of modern slavery and build upon the progress that they have made whilst in the VCC to start rebuilding their lives. If, for any reason, the recovery needs of a confirmed victim change, or the confirmed victim needs support beyond the original estimated timescales, a further RNA can be completed by the support worker to reflect this.</p><p>The safety and security of those supported through the VCC is a top priority. RNAs are being conducted remotely, where appropriate, in line with advice from Public Health England. Where there is an exceptional need that requires face to face engagement to complete the assessment, support workers will facilitate this with social distancing measures in place.</p><p>We recognise at this time that other types of suitable support which could usually be accessed to meet an individual’s recovery needs, for example local authority housing, mainstream benefits, asylum support, and social services under the Care Act 2014, may have been adversely impacted by COVID-19. As part of the RNA process and when making support recommendations, support workers are considering the current availability of alternative support services. Similarly, the Home Office are considering the wider impact of COVID-19 when making RNA decisions. Where possible, arrangements for individuals to access alternative services in line with their recovery plan should still be progressed.</p><p>In addition, regardless of whether an individual’s RNA identifies a continued recovery need for accommodation support, we have taken steps to ensure that all victims currently accommodated in VCC accommodation will be able to remain where they are until at least 6 July 2020. This policy will be reviewed before the end of June in respect of the Government’s latest COVID-19 advice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/06/2020 11:03:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1194719

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims receiving outreach support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care contract will continue to be supported for the next two months during the covid-19 outbreak at the same level as victims in government funded safe accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	45401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The safety and security of those supported through the modern slavery Victim Care Contract (VCC) is a top priority for government.  Contingency planning continues to consider how essential services and support for all victims of modern slavery can continue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The Victim Care Contract operates as a bridge to lift victims of modern slavery out of a situation of exploitation and help to establish longer-term stability and pathway to rebuild their lives. The Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) informs tailored move on plans to help victims transition out of the VCC and back into the community where appropriate. The assessment considers the availability of alternative, and often more sustainable, support services and victims only begin a move-on process if it is suitable for them to do so, in line with their recovery needs.</p><p>In addition, should someone currently receiving outreach support experience a change in their situation which leaves them destitute and without accommodation, their needs, entitlements and risk factors will be assessed, so that they can be provided with the most appropriate safe and secure accommodation during this time.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/05/2020 14:56:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris