Victims of human trafficking can apply for civil legal aid for advice and representation in relation to immigration matters and for damages and employment claims arising from their trafficking exploitation. Through provisions in the Modern Slavery Bill, victims of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour will also be eligible for civil legal aid in the same situations.
The recent review of the National Referral Mechanism recommended that legal aid should be available from the point of referral. The Government has committed to piloting a range of changes to the National Referral Mechanism in light of recommendations made by the review, which will include the provision of legal aid at this earlier point.
'Matter starts' are the mechanism used by the Legal Aid Agency to monitor the amount of work conducted by its legal aid providers and do not limit legal aid availability for applicants. Where they are eligible, victims of human trafficking will always be able to access legal aid.<\/p>"}
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The available centrally held information is shown in the following table.<\/p>
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Table 1 shows the average hourly pay of civil servants in the Home Office as of 28th February 2015 by ethnicity.
Other than at Senior Civil Servant (SCS) level the Home Office have different pay scales for London and National at all grades. 78.2 % of the staff below SCS declaring themselves Black and Minority Ethnic are based in London compared with 33.2 % of staff below SCS declaring themselves White. This explains why (apart from SCS staff) the hourly rate for BME staff is higher than for white staff.<\/p>
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The 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention includes six specific articles with action for governments. We are confident that the UK already meets the requirements of these six articles in existing laws and regulations, which will be further strengthened through the provisions in the Modern Slavery Bill. UK compliance was thoroughly assessed as part of the negotiations of the Protocol in May and June 2014, at which the UK was represented.<\/p>
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The Government supports the Protocol to the 2014 Forced Labour Convention and intends to ratify it. A Written Ministerial Statement indicating the Government\u2019s intention to ratify the Protocol was laid before Parliament on 7 January 2015. The Protocol was subsequently laid before Parliament on 6 February and must remain for 21 sitting days to allow scrutiny by both Houses.<\/p>
On 24 March, at the end of the 21 sitting days, if neither House has indicated an objection to ratification of the Protocol, the next stage of the process may begin. There will not be sufficient time to complete this process prior to the dissolution of Parliament. However there is no deadline for ratifying the Protocol.<\/p>
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The 2014 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) provided employment data for all Civil Service departments, although this does not break down to all the categories requested. The data revealed that in the Home Department:
\u2022 18,720 (68.59%) of employees identified as White
\u2022 5,760 (21.10%) of employees identified as Black or Minority Ethnic (BME)
This data is based on a total of 27,290 permanent Home Department employees on payroll. Of these, 2,800 (10.26%) staff had not declared their ethnicity.<\/p>
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Home Office information technology policy precludes the downloading of unauthorised applications to Home Office-issued equipment and in most cases, such equipment is modified to prevent the downloading of any applications at all. A limited number of approved communications staff (such as press office) have access to social media or news sites via downloaded applications on mobile devices and while this is subject to standard rules governing appropriate use of Home Office technology, there are no restrictions on which news sites may be accessed in this manner.<\/p>
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish annual outturn figures for R&D expenditure here: <\/p>
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit1/science--engineering-and-technology-statistics/2012/stb-set-2012.html#tab-Key-Points<\/a>
The most recent publication, which includes expenditure figures to 2012 (financial year 2012/13) was published on 11 July 2014. The table below shows the latest estimates for Home Office and how they compare as a percentage to total departmental expenditure.<\/p>
Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Published estimate of net spend on R & D IN Home Office (current prices) <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Percentage of total Home Office expenditure <\/strong>(1)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> £42 million<\/p><\/td> 0.31%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> £24 million<\/p><\/td> 0.18%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> £18 million<\/p><\/td> 0.14%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> (1) Taken as a percentage of the total departmental spending estimate from page 153 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2013/14 <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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