Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for human trafficking and modern day slavery in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014; and from which countries those convicted originated.

The consolidated slavery and trafficking offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 will come into force on 31 July 2015. Information held by Ministry of Justice does not allow us to breakdown convictions by the offender’s country of origin. The Ministry of Justice publishes data on all offences, including human trafficking and slavery, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014. To access the specific information requested, open the table ‘Outcomes by offence’.