Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is for using the US non-governmental organisation Polaris to set up a helpline for victims on modern slavery; and how many times the helpline has been used since its establishment.

The Home Office does not fund any aspect of the Modern Slavery Helpline which is run by the charity, Unseen and is completely independent of Government. Information about the number and types of calls received by the Modern Slavery Helpline can be found on the Unseen website www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/information/stats