Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the domestic worker visa on the number of people who have become victims of (a) modern slavery and (b) labour exploitation.

The Government keeps all immigration routes under regular review to ensure safeguards are in place to prevent exploitation and modern slavery.

The Home Office recognises that Overseas Domestic Workers are a distinctively vulnerable cohort. As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we will reconsider the purpose of the Overseas Domestic Worker route and strengthen action to stop employers exploiting their staff. When victims of modern slavery are identified, including overseas domestic workers, the Home Office provides specialist support through the National Referral Mechanism to help them in their recovery from exploitation.