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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted of offences related to human trafficking in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted of offences related to human trafficking in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Jeremy Browne
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 May 2006
For answer on
5 June 2006
Answered on
4 September 2006
Following the commencement of dedicated trafficking offences in 2004 the convictions are as follows:
Prior to the introduction of this dedicated legislation there was only one conviction for a trafficking offence under the Immigration Act 1971.
| Conviction | |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2006 (To date) | 3 |
Subjects
Crimes against the person; Human trafficking
Date
4 September 2006
Reference
74858; 449 c1875W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the number of people trafficked into the UK for (a) sexual slavery and (b) forced labour in each year since 1997, broken down by country of origin.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the number of people trafficked into the UK for (a) sexual slavery and (b) forced labour in each year since 1997, broken down by country of origin.
Asked by
Jeremy Browne
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 May 2006
For answer on
5 June 2006
Answered on
20 June 2006
It is difficult to make an accurate assessment of the number of people trafficked into the UK for sexual or labour exploitation and particularly by reference to the year and country of origin. An indicator of the number of victims involved in this type of trafficking is the number of referrals to the Poppy Project. Since the scheme's inception in 2003 a total of 184 women who met the criteria for the project have been referred to it (out of a total of 451 referrals between March 2003 and the end of March 2006). However, the scheme operates mainly in London and has tightly focussed criteria, so the number of victims nationwide is likely to be higher. A breakdown of the country of origin for women who met the criteria for the Poppy Project follows. Operation Pentameter, a police-led, multi-agency initiative aimed at tackling the trafficking of human beings for sexual exploitation has resulted in the rescue of 75 women since its launch on the 21 February. These cases are subject to on-going investigation and as such it would not be appropriate to disclose the country of origin of the potential trafficking victims. The Home Office has commissioned CEOP the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre to conduct an intelligence gathering exercise to scope the problem of child trafficking in the UK; initial findings are expected in the autumn.There is currently little information on the scale of trafficking for labour exploitation and officials are considering ways in which our knowledge can be improved. Illegal working statistics may provide some indication of the possible size of the illegal working market. Statistical returns are provided on a monthly basis by local enforcement offices, showing the breakdown by nationality of those encountered during illegal working operations. There is currently no facility available to record whether those encountered have been trafficked for the purpose of labour exploitation. However, following are statistics available for illegal working operations for each financial year since 2002 with the top five nationalities identified (figures are not available prior to 2002). 2002-03—A total of 301 operations were reported; a total of 1,099 offenders were encountered. Poland, Lithuania, Brazil, Ukraine and Pakistan were the top five nationalities identified in descending order. 2003-04—A total of 697 operations were reported in 2003-04; a total of 2,304 offenders were encountered. Brazil, Poland, Lithuania, Bangladesh and Ukraine were the top five nationalities identified in descending order. 2004-05—A total of 3,314 operations were reported in 2004-05; a total of 9,227 offenders were encountered. Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Brazil were the top five nationalities identified in descending order.
Subjects
Human trafficking
Date
20 June 2006
Reference
74856; 447 c1838W;447 c1837-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to expand the Poppy scheme for victims of human sex trafficking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to expand the Poppy scheme for victims of human sex trafficking.
Asked by
Jeremy Browne
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 May 2006
For answer on
5 June 2006
Answered on
20 June 2006
In April the Home Office entered into a two-year, £2.4 million funding agreement with Eaves Housing for Women for the expansion of the Poppy project. This funding will not only provide for the existing crisis provision service for up to 25 women, it will also meet the costs of 10 additional ““step-down”” places which will help the women to live semi-independently with less intensive support, and the development of a resource pack for victims, service providers and law enforcement agency staff. It will also introduce the first ever specialist national outreach service in the UK for victims trafficked into sexual exploitation. Whilst the project remains London based it will continue to take referrals from across the country and provide a national service. We are currently looking at how best to utilise other existing local service providers to support victims and will continue to consider the feasibility of further extending the Poppy model of support to other areas in the future.
Subjects
Human trafficking
Date
20 June 2006
Reference
74859; 447 c1839W;447 c1838W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in the prevention of human trafficking into the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in the prevention of human trafficking into the United Kingdom.
Asked by
Jeremy Browne
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 May 2006
For answer on
5 June 2006
Answered on
7 June 2006
The Government are committed to tackling human trafficking and on the 5 January 2006 launched a national consultation exercise on proposals for a UK action plan on human trafficking. The question of how to prevent human trafficking features prominently in the consultation and a summary of the consultation responses is due to be published on the 21 June 2006 with a final UK Action Plan to follow later in the year.The Government have introduced comprehensive legislation to criminalise trafficking and in 2000 established Reflex, a multi agency taskforce on organised immigration crime which has worked closely with international law enforcement partners in taking forward trafficking investigations and in strengthening the capacity of other countries to deal effectively with trafficking at source. In addition, on 3 April 2006 the Serious Organised Crime Agency was launched with organised immigration crime as one of its key priorities, bringing a renewed focus on improving intelligence on organised criminals engaged in this type of crime. During the course of our Presidency of the Council of the European Union the Home Office developed an EU Action Plan on Human Trafficking which was adopted at the JHA Ministerial Council on 1-2 December 2005. This plan takes an end-to-end approach to the issue and includes specific measures to prevent trafficking into and within the EU.
Subjects
Human trafficking
Date
7 June 2006
Reference
74857; 447 c741W
House
House of Commons