APPG COVID-19 Inquiry

The APPG on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery conducted a rapid inquiry to better understand how the Covid-19pandemic impacted the picture of modern slavery in the UK and the experiences of survivors and support services. The HTF Chairman, who is Special Adviser to the APPG, wrote to organisations regarding the inquiry’s progress on 1 June 2020. Please find attached.

Please see documents from the secretariat below:

1. Note from the Special Adviser to the All-Party Parliamentary Group with recommendations

2. Recommendations with explanatory notes

Evidence submitted to the Inquiry

The Human Trafficking Foundation would like to thank every organisation and individual who provided evidence to the inquiry. Written submissions with permission to publish are provided below. Submissions made via email have been re-formatted by the secretariat into a table format. Please note submissions reflect the experiences of organisations and individuals at the time of submission, between 24 April and 4 May 2020, and circumstances may have changed since.

1. Adavu

2. Anti-Slavery International

3. Anti-Slavery International Report: Leaving No-One Behind

4. Anonymous letter from modern slavery survivor

5. ATLEU (Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit)

6. ATMG (Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group)

7. The Baca Charity

8. City Hearts

9. Ella’s

10. Hampshire PCC

11. Hestia

12. Helen Bamber Foundation

13. Hope for Justice

14. Hope for Justice Briefing: Covid-19 and potential implications on human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery internationally

15. Humber Modern Slavery Partnership

16. Justice and Care

17. Lancashire PCC

18. Office of the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester

19. SPACE

20. Unseen UK submission written for the DCMS

21. Unseen UK submission via email

22. Victim Care Contract subcontractor caseworker (anonymous)