Question follow-through · 11141

Migrant Workers: Domestic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled 12 Years of Modern Slavery, published by Kalayaan on 16 June 2024, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the pre-2012 v

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Home Office
Tabled
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
1 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled 12 Years of Modern Slavery, published by Kalayaan on 16 June 2024, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the pre-2012 v

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    We keep all policies and immigration routes under review. There are a number of protections in place for overseas domestic workers (ODWs) designed to minimise the risk of exploitation.ODWs are able to change their employer without notifying the Home Offic...

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