Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders and (b) Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders have been issued each year up to December 2020.

Crown Court: Modern Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders

Notes:

1. The data source is the Crown Court system Xhibit, which is a live system and as such data is liable to change.

2. The data comprises of defendants who have received one or more of the above listed court orders.

3. If the same order type is received on different occasions during the same year then it has been counted only once.

4. If a defendant receives the same order type in different years, then it has been counted in each year.

~ If a request is made for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the MoJ must consider whether this could lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018.

Magistrates' Courts: Slavery & Trafficking Prevention and Risk Order Cases

Notes:

1. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data has been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time.

2. Figures quoted for the Magistrates' Courts are for each Case where a 'full' Order was made/granted in the year specified, rather than a count of defendants. Hence, where a defendant has more than one case for which the relevant result code has been applied, each case will be counted separately.

~ If a request is made for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the MoJ must consider whether this could lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018.

There are several ways for victims of modern slavery to seek or be awarded compensation.

This could be through civil claims and actions brought under statutory law (such as the Human Rights Act 1998) or the common law. However, records of compensation paid out in the civil courts for claims of this nature are not held centrally as data is not broken down into this level of detail.

Where a person is convicted of an offence, including offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, criminal courts in England and Wales may make a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage. We do not hold data on the compensation paid to victims of modern slavery as a result of compensation orders imposed by the criminal courts, as the HMCTS system does not report at that level of detail.

The GB-wide Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme provides state-funded compensation to victims of violent crime who cannot pursue compensation or redress from other routes. Payments are available for physical or psychological injuries resulting directly from a crime of violence, as defined under Annex B of the Scheme. Victims of modern slavery who have been conclusively identified as such (through the National Referral Mechanism) may be eligible for compensation under the Scheme regardless of residence status or nationality, subject to wider eligibility criteria.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority does not hold data on the amount of compensation awarded to victims of modern slavery. Modern slavery is not defined for the purposes of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Victims are compensated for the injuries they have sustained rather than the nature of the incident (with the exception of sexual assault or abuse).