May. 10 2024
Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024Found: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024
Asked by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool, Riverside)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults prosecuted for (i) homicide, (ii) attempted homicide and (iii) other offences had been assessed under the modern slavery national referral mechanism in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of defendants assessed under the modern slavery National Referral Mechanism (NRM). This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
The NRM is the UK framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery and ensuring they receive the appropriate support. Certain public authorities, including the police, have a statutory duty to refer potential victims to the NRM. Adults must agree to this. The CPS cannot make referrals; it is not a first responder.
Section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides for a statutory defence for adult and child victims of modern slavery who are accused of committing criminal offences. The defence does not apply to the most serious crimes such as murder or manslaughter.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0030 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 International Justice Misson Written Evidence
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0033 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Aberystwyth University, The Open University (UK), and Trilateral Research
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0041 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 University of Leeds Written Evidence
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0005 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 University of Nottingham Written Evidence
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, October to December 2023Found: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, October to December 2023
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to tackle modern slavery.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery to ensure that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted.
The Home Office continues to fund specialist support for adult victims of modern slavery in England and Wales through the £379 million Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract and for children, who receive support through local authority safeguarding structures, we are also continuing to work with Barnardo’s to provide additional and tailored support through the Independent Child Trafficking Guardian service.
Since 2016, in addition to core police funding, we have invested £17.8 million in the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit, a specialist police unit which supports all police forces in England and Wales to improve their response to modern slavery.
In addition, between 2016 and March 2023, the Home Office spent over £40.4 million through the Modern Slavery Fund to combat modern slavery overseas and reduce the threat of human trafficking to the UK. We continue to work across operational partners and the sector to deliver on modern slavery.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0048 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 UCL (University College London) Written Evidence
Correspondence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: Letter from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to the Chair, dated 11 December 2023 Correspondence