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Slavery: Social Services

Commons · Question 60371 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the reported increase in modern slavery cases within the care sector since that sector’s inclusion on the Shortage Occupation List.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 23 Jun 2025

The Government is continually looking to improve the quality and provision of modern slavery statistics.We have recently improved and simplified the First Responders form used to refer people to the NRM, following extensive feedback from over 450 stakehol...