In Parliament

The Government has provided £8.5m of additional funding to the police in England and Wales to tackle all forms of modern slavery by providin

The average processing time for a standard or enhanced disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service was 11.53 days in October 2017

Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are published regularly by the National Crime Agency and in the UK Annual Report on Modern Sla

The Home Office worked with a range of government departments at official and ministerial level, including the Department of Health, to deve

The recent announcements on National Referral Mechanism (NRM) reform indicate the Government’s commitment to markedly improve the identifica

When a victim of modern slavery is referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) they are offered access to a safe house or outreach s

The Government recognises the importance of understanding the scale and nature of modern slavery in the UK.

I thank right hon. and hon.

I will take just one intervention, because I am conscious of time.

I know that individual cases were raised, and I hope very much that those letters are being chased up if no replies have as yet been receive