Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spends on combatting modern slavery each year.

The Department for International Development tackles modern slavery directly through programmes that have an estimated combined spend of approximately £45 million. This comprises of:

- The £10.5 million Work in Freedom programme, which is helping women facing slavery and exploitation. To date over 200,000 women have benefited.

- The £8 million Women and Girls Protection Fund for Europe and the Mediterranean has been established to protect women and girls migrating from North Africa to Europe at risk of trafficking, forced labour and violence.

- The £21.8m Responsible, Accountable and Transparent Enterprise (RATE) collaborates with business, global initiatives and DFID country offices, will spread responsible business approaches, including tackling modern slavery.

- Additionally, we are providing funding to projects tackling modern slavery through Aid Direct and Aid Connect with modern slavery and child labour as one of four priority areas.