Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding was used to support people trafficked into the sex industry in the UK in each of the last three years.

The Home Office has not used Official Development Assistance funding to support individuals trafficked into the sex industry in the UK. Following a successful reasonable grounds decision, all potential victims of modern slavery, including those trafficked into the sex industry in the UK, are entitled to 45 days of support, funded by the Government.

This support meets and exceeds England and Wales’ obligations under Article 12 of the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT), and Article 11 of the European Directive on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting its Victims. Support is tailored to individual needs and can include accommodation, subsistence, counselling, access to mental, physical and dental health services, and signposting to legal support.