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Statutory guidance: Modern slavery: how to identify and support victims

Home Office

March 1
00:00 2023

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This guidance is for:

  • first responder organisations
  • organisations with a duty to notify the Home Office when encountering a potential victim of modern slavery
  • other organisations involved in the identification of potential victims of modern slavery
  • decision makers at the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) competent authorities
  • organisations offering support to potential victims and victims of modern slavery

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Published 24 March 2020
Last updated 1 March 2023 +show all updates
  1. Updated guidance published with amendment to Annex F, update to financial support rates and policy guidance.

  2. Updated the guidance, including updates to Annex E, the glossary and the Victim's Journey.

  3. Updates to the financial support rates and guidance in paragraphs 15.54, 15.55, and 15.58 of the Financial Support section in Annex F.

  4. Updated version of guidance published to reflect a number of changes.

  5. Guidance updated as detailed in table in section 1.

  6. Guidance updated: Addition of forced labour exceptions. Updates to suspended cases actions. Clarification of case allocation at MAAPs. Confirmation that where there is uncertainty that an individual is a child their NRM case will be out of scope of the pilot programme of decision making.

  7. Added Refugee Council to the list of first responder organisations.

  8. Added accessible HTML version of guidance.

  9. Guidance updated to explain when the MSVCC may provide funding for additional support services to assist individuals to recover from their modern slavery experience, (paragraphs 15.182 to 15.184 on pages 183 to 185 of Appendix F.)

  10. Guidance updated with the following changes: addition of text relating to withdrawing children from the NRM between paragraphs 14.250 - 14.254; amendment to Annex F Financial Support: subsistence rates amended for those receiving outreach support in other accommodation, those with child dependents, and those receiving asylum support, paragraphs 15.37 - 15.38 and 15.41.

  11. Updated version published. The updates include new contact details, updated links, new details on financial support for dependents and death in service support and deletion of paragraph 14.208.

  12. Guidance updated to incorporate operational changes to decision-making.

  13. Guidance document updated. A list of revisions is included on page 10.

  14. Updated guidance in line with the commencement of devolved decision making for child victims, alongside other general updates

  15. Updated guidance in line with changes to the 'Adults at risk in immigration detention' policy.

  16. Updated statutory guidance for use on or after April 1 2021.

  17. Updated guidance to reflect the new Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract.

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