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The landmark transparency provisions contained in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on their work to prevent and address modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.<\/p>
Under the current provisions, if a commercial organisation does not comply with the duty to provide a modern slavery statement, the Home Secretary can apply for a court injunction which mandates compliance. The Government has also committed to considering enforcement options in line with the ongoing development of the Single Enforcement Body for employment rights, led by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/p>
However, if someone has concerns about an organisation\u2019s modern slavery statement they could write to the Board of Directors (or equivalent) as the Act requires a modern slavery statement to be approved by the Board and signed by a Director (or equivalent) to ensure senior level accountability for modern slavery. The Government expects an organisation\u2019s senior leadership to take responsibility for their company\u2019s modern slavery statement to ensure they are a fair reflection of the circumstances and the action they are taking.<\/p>
The Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act, which was commissioned in 2018 and delivered its final report in 2019, credited section 54 with making modern slavery \u201ca business-critical issue\u201d and increasing \u201cboard-level scrutiny and engagement.\u201d<\/p>
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Unfortunately, the Department does not record this information in such a way as to allow us to report on the estimated number of immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity and this data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-09-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-09-13T11:16:38.953Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Immigration: Sri Lanka"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals were granted in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Naseby"} ], "uin" : "HL9992"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/967501", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/967501/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions, broken down by nationality, in table as_01_q (volume 1 of the asylum tables) in the quarterly Immigration Statistics<\/em> publication. The latest figures, up until June 2018, are available at the following link:<\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total applications <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total initial decisions <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total grants <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,473<\/p><\/td> 874<\/p><\/td> 206<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,115<\/p><\/td> 1,251<\/p><\/td> 190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,357<\/p><\/td> 1,612<\/p><\/td> 228<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,756<\/p><\/td> 1,604<\/p><\/td> 323<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,744<\/p><\/td> 1,384<\/p><\/td> 333<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,811<\/p><\/td> 1,287<\/p><\/td> 262<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,292<\/p><\/td> 1,217<\/p><\/td> 157<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 961<\/p><\/td> 1,537<\/p><\/td> 179<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 845<\/p><\/td> 731<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 690<\/p><\/td> 645<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018 (Jan-Jun)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 261<\/p><\/td> 302<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> 1. Grants include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants under family and private life rules.<\/p> 2. Decisions made in a given year does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial decision.<\/p> 3. Data include main applicants only.<\/p> 4. Data for 2018 include 6 months of data only (Jan-Jun). This is the latest period that is publically available.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankans (1) applied for asylum, and (2) had applications approved in each year since 2008, broken down by ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, futher to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 July (HL Deb, cols 963\u20135), what are their reasons for not establishing an inquiry into Operation Conifer conducted by the Wiltshire Police into allegations against Sir Edward Heath.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 July (HL Deb, col 1413), when the reply to Catherine Utley will be sent to her.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/strong>As at 30 September, 2020<\/p><\/td><\/tr>
<\/strong>As at 31 March 2020<\/p><\/td><\/tr>