Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces implement changes in practice following Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel findings.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Keeping children safe is a priority for this Government and we are committed to implementing improvements in practice, including through introducing multi-agency child protection teams in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
The new National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection launched in April 2025 will improve the police response to child protection and we will also deliver a cross-government strategy as part of our mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of modern slavery in Sheffield were referred using the National Referral Mechanism in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 to date.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of (a) human trafficking, (b) labour exploitation, (c) sexual exploitation, (d) criminal exploitation and (e) domestic servitude were identified in Sheffield in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Sheffield City Council to help support victims of modern slavery in the financial year 2023-24.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding is provided to projects supporting victims of modern slavery in (a) Sheffield and (b) the rest of South Yorkshire.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were investigated by the police on suspicion of involvement with modern slavery in 2023.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to monitor modern slavery in Sheffield.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many duty to notify referrals were made to his Department by the local authority in Sheffield in financial year 2023-24.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority do not hold modern slavery data for Sheffield.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modern slavery survivors in Sheffield had a positive conclusive grounds decision using the National Referral Mechanism in 2023.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.