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<p>The Home Office funded the evaluation report conducted by the Responsible Car Wash
Scheme and Nottingham Trent University, as part of its grant funding under the Modern
Slavery Prevention Fund, a one-off pot of funding to build the evidence base on what
interventions work to prevent modern slavery.</p><p>The Home Office has shared the
evaluation of this project with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority so the
lessons from this project can be incorporated into operational activity to improve
standards within the hand car wash sector. The Government has no plans to respond
directly to the report.</p><p>In addition, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement
(DLME) sets out the scale and nature of labour exploitation in their annual strategy
to ensure the three labour market enforcement bodies are targeting the highest-risk
industries. The most recent 23-24 DLME strategy highlights hand car washes as a sector
at risk of labour exploitation.</p>
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