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Slavery: Victims

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Question for Home Office

UIN 905743, tabled on 27 June 2023

Question

Afzal Khan
Labour
Manchester, Gorton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of modern slavery.

Answer

Miss Sarah Dines
Conservative
Derbyshire Dales
Commons

Answered on

3 July 2023

Adult victims in England and Wales are supported through the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract, led by The Salvation Army, alongside wider state services

Child victims are supported by local authority safeguarding structures and Independent Child Trafficking Guardians provide support and advocate to reflect the best interests of the child in decision-making processes. Guardians are currently in two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales.

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