Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: available to asylum seekers and/or refugees , SGBV against asylum seekers and refugees and Modern slavery
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Bristol (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Car Wash Code of Practice Project Report: Home Office Modern Slavery Prevention Fund, published by Nottingham Trent University and submitted to the Home Office in October 2022.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office funded the evaluation report conducted by the Responsible Car Wash Scheme and Nottingham Trent University, as part of its grant funding under the Modern Slavery Prevention Fund, a one-off pot of funding to build the evidence base on what interventions work to prevent modern slavery.
The Home Office has shared the evaluation of this project with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority so the lessons from this project can be incorporated into operational activity to improve standards within the hand car wash sector. The Government has no plans to respond directly to the report.
In addition, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) sets out the scale and nature of labour exploitation in their annual strategy to ensure the three labour market enforcement bodies are targeting the highest-risk industries. The most recent 23-24 DLME strategy highlights hand car washes as a sector at risk of labour exploitation.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Bristol (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report Car Wash Code of Practice Project Report: Home Office Modern Slavery Prevention Fund, published by Nottingham Trent University and submitted to the Home Office in October 2022.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office funded the evaluation report conducted by the Responsible Car Wash Scheme and Nottingham Trent University, as part of its grant funding under the Modern Slavery Prevention Fund, a one-off pot of funding to build the evidence base on what interventions work to prevent modern slavery.
The Home Office has shared the evaluation of this project with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority so the lessons from this project can be incorporated into operational activity to improve standards within the hand car wash sector. The Government has no plans to respond directly to the report.
In addition, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) sets out the scale and nature of labour exploitation in their annual strategy to ensure the three labour market enforcement bodies are targeting the highest-risk industries. The most recent 23-24 DLME strategy highlights hand car washes as a sector at risk of labour exploitation.
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and the freedom from slavery
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: in qualitative and quantitative terms the most basic rights of human beings, including genocide, slavery
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Modern slavery statement registry updatedFound: Modern slavery statement registry updated
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Certain information orders: code of practiceFound: Unit is undertaking operational analysis regarding an individual suspected of being engaged in Modern Slavery
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: living standards have improved, we continue to fight many of the same ills – homelessness, modern slavery
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 23/04/2024 from Lord Sharpe of Epsom to Baroness Hamwee amd others regarding the scope of the annual report referred to in the government amendment 9C, as discussed during the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Lords consideration of Commons amendments and reasons. 2p.Found: focus entirely on the operation of Article 13 of the treaty which refers specifically to Modern Slavery
Found: Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001; (c) an offence under any of sections 1, 2 or 4 of the Modern Slavery