Question follow-through · 95433
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on reducing the prevalence of modern slavery in the UK.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on reducing the prevalence of modern slavery in the UK.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Dec 2025
Answer published
Modern slavery crimes are often described as “hidden” crimes: we know these crimes to be underreported and difficult to detect. For this reason, we do not know with certainty the true prevalence of the crime or the number of victims in the UK. It is a vic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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