Question follow-through · 23167

Slavery: Car Washes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle modern slavery in illegal hand carwashes.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
20 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle modern slavery in illegal hand carwashes.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery across all sectors, including hand car washes.The Responsible Car Wash Scheme, partly funded by the Home Office, sought to enhance compliance, and investigate non-compliance in the car wash sector. As...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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