Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether requests for accommodation under the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process referred to in the 2020 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery were received from (a) victims already provided with accommodation under the Victim Care Contract (VCC), (b) victims not provided with accommodation under the VCC at the time of the request, or (c) both; and whether victims not currently accommodated by the VCC are eligible to request accommodation under the RNA process.

The Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process takes place for all confirmed victims of modern slavery who are receiving support through the Victim Care Contract (VCC), including those in both outreach support and those provided with accommodation through the VCC. The RNA process ensures that support is tailored to the victims’ individual recovery needs and informs a tailored move-on plan to help victims transition out of VCC support as appropriate.

Support workers can request any or all three pillars of VCC support – accommodation, financial support and support worker contact – where appropriate for any confirmed victim undergoing the RNA process. VCC accommodation will be provided, or will continue to be provided, where there is an identified recovery need for it and where alternative accommodation options are not available or suitable. If, for any reason, the recovery needs of a confirmed victim change during the approved move-on plan, a further RNA can be completed by the support worker to reflect this.