Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the timescale for the inquiry into the awarding of a contract for the national modern slavery helpline.

The Modern Slavery helpline is funded by the private sector. The Home Office had no involvement in any aspect of the tender for the helpline, including the process through which funding was awarded. The tender was carried out by Polaris, a US-based NGO. Polaris runs a similar helpline in the US. There is no inquiry into the awarding of this contract.