Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 27 October 2017, Official Report, column. 512, what the process is for the establishment of the independent panel of experts will be established to review all negative decisions on modern slavery.

On 26 October 2017 the Government announced its plans for reform of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) confirming the Government’s commitment to markedly improving the identification of, and support provided to, victims of modern slavery. This includes introducing an independent panel of experts to review all negative conclusive grounds decisions adding significantly to the scrutiny such cases currently receive.
Detailed implementation plans for the reform programme are currently being developed, including in respect of the recruitment, training and establishment of the multi-disciplinary panels and further information will be announced in due course.