Modern Slavery investigations in Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act Request

Ref: FOI 22-23 16

Date issued: 30 September 2022

Subject: Modern Slavery investigations in Yorkshire

Question(s):

· The number of investigations into modern slavery which took place each year over the last three years.

· How many of these investigations took place in Yorkshire each year.

· The top three industries in which these investigations took place each year for both the country and in Yorkshire.

I would like the data broken down into individual years, with the most recent year ending August 2022. If you are unable to provide data this recent, please provide the data for the most recent year end you have available.

Response:

Please find the information below you have requested. Due to changes in how we record Modern Slavery (MS) indicators, we can only provide this information up to March 2022.

	2019	2020	2021	2022 (up to March)
Number of MS investigations	201	185	236	5
Number of MS investigations in Yorkshire	21	21	17	0
Top 3 sectors from these investigations	1. Food processing (29) 2. Car washing (25) 3. Construction (22)	1. Agriculture (36) 2. Car washing (29) 3. Food Processing (19)	1. Car Washing (43) 2. Agriculture (36) 3. Construction (34)	1. Other (2) 2. Care (1) 2. Food (1) 2. Retail (1)
Top 3 sectors from these investigations in Yorkshire	1. Food Service (4) 2. Car washing (3) 2. Food processing (3)	1. Food Service (4) 2. Car washing (3) 2. Agriculture (3)	1. Agriculture (2) 1. Car washing (2) 1. Construction (2) 1. Food Packaging (2)	N/A

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