Modern slavery leads, funding and training
Case reference FOI2024/00267
Published 21 February 2024
Request
Please find below an Freedom of Information request relating to Modern Slavery Services within your Local Authority.
Modern Slavery Leads
Q1. Do you as a local authority have a specialist lead/single point of contact on issues relating to modern slavery?
Q2. If relevant, what team is the specialist lead/single point of contact based within? (e.g. adult social care, children's services, community safety etc.).
Q3. If relevant, does the specialist lead/single point of contact coordinate responses for both children and adults? If not please specify which group they respond to.
Q4. If relevant, is this specialist lead/single point of contact employed specifically to carry out this role relating to modern slavery, or are these duties carried out on top of other professional duties?
Q5. If relevant, in what year did you begin to employ a specialist lead/single point of contact on duties relating to modern slavery?
Modern Slavery Funding
Q6. For each of the following years, please indicate how much money your local authority invested in identifying and supporting potential victims of modern slavery (if data is only available in financial years please provide in this format):
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
Where relevant, please examples of what these funds were invested in (i.e. training, commissioning survivor support services etc.)
Modern Slavery Training
Q7. What specialist training do you provide for employees to carry out their duties as First Responders in carrying out referrals of potential victims of modern slavery to the National Referral Mechanism? Where possible please provide examples.
Q8. What specialist training do you provide for employees to better understand the rights of modern slavery survivors when it comes to issues of housing and accommodation for survivors of modern slavery? Where possible please provide examples.
Response
Please find below an Freedom of Information request relating to Modern Slavery Services within your Local Authority.
Modern Slavery Leads
Q1. Do you as a local authority have a specialist lead/single point of contact on issues relating to modern slavery?
A) No, we do not have a specialist lead/single point of contact on issues relating to modern slavery.
Q2. If relevant, what team is the specialist lead/single point of contact based within? (e.g. adult social care, children's services, community safety etc.).
A) N/A
Q3. If relevant, does the specialist lead/single point of contact coordinate responses for both children and adults? If not please specify which group they respond to.
A) N/A
Q4. If relevant, is this specialist lead/single point of contact employed specifically to carry out this role relating to modern slavery, or are these duties carried out on top of other professional duties?
A) N/A
Q5. If relevant, in what year did you begin to employ a specialist lead/single point of contact on duties relating to modern slavery?
A) N/A
Modern Slavery Funding
Q6. For each of the following years, please indicate how much money your local authority invested in identifying and supporting potential victims of modern slavery (if data is only available in financial years please provide in this format):
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
Where relevant, please examples of what these funds were invested in (i.e. training, commissioning survivor support services etc.)
A) Financial expenditure for each of the stipulated period mentioned above is "NIL" as we do not commission any services specifically in relation to modern slavery.
Modern Slavery Training
Q7. What specialist training do you provide for employees to carry out their duties as First Responders in carrying out referrals of potential victims of modern slavery to the National Referral Mechanism? Where possible please provide examples.
A) We do not provide training specifically on the subject of modern slavery. We commission training that covers the aspects of modern slavery such as Safeguarding Awareness, Human Rights Awareness.
Q8. What specialist training do you provide for employees to better understand the rights of modern slavery survivors when it comes to issues of housing and accommodation for survivors of modern slavery? Where possible please provide examples.
A) We do not provide training specifically on the subject of modern slavery.
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