Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to update the guidance on the recovery needs assessments, and (2) to publish an evaluation of the first nine months of the recovery needs assessment.

This Government is committed to providing victims with the support that they need to help re-build their lives.

Since the roll-out of the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) in September 2019, we have worked collaboratively with The Salvation Army (TSA), TSA’s subcontracted support providers and wider stakeholders to implement this new process and gather wider feedback from frontline staff on aspects of the published guidance.

An updated version of the guidance will be published later in 2020, alongside the introduction of a restructured RNA form which will be amended to reflect feedback from support workers using the form on the front line..

The 2020 Modern Slavery Annual Report, due for publication in October 2020, will include further information about the roll-out of the RNA over the past year.