Modern Slavery: Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group Report 2016

(Limited Text - Ministerial Extracts only)

Wednesday 12th October 2016 Written Statements

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd)]

Today, I am publishing the 2016 report of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Modern Slavery. This group acts as a national rapporteur for the purposes of Article 19 of the European directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims. The report sets out an assessment of the scale of modern slavery in the UK and outlines the actions being taken to combat it. The report covers the whole of the UK and has been drafted in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.

A copy of the report will be placed in the Library of the House and also made available on the gov.uk website.

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