Investigations, modern slavery, industry sectors and regions
Freedom of Information Act request.
Ref: FOI 24-25 02
Date issued: 15 May 2024
Subject: Investigations, modern slavery, industry sectors and regions
Question:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you answer the following requests. Please provide data for each calendar year: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
1) Please provide a breakdown of investigations undertaken by the GLAA into modern slavery by industry sector.
2) Please provide a breakdown of the number of alleged victims of modern slavery involved in GLAA investigations, broken down by industry sector
3) Please provide a breakdown of investigations undertaken by the GLAA into modern slavery by county (e.g. Essex, Hampshire etc). If this is not possible, please provide a breakdown by region (e.g. East of England, South East England etc).
Response:
1)
|
Sector |
Jan – Dec 2019 |
Jan – Dec 2020 |
Jan – Dec 2021 |
Jan – Dec 2022 |
Jan – Dec 2023 |
|
Shellfish |
8 |
21 |
26 |
9 |
5 |
|
Agency |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Accommodation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Agriculture |
34 |
53 |
55 |
38 |
42 |
|
Car Wash |
43 |
28 |
53 |
67 |
44 |
|
Care |
4 |
1 |
6 |
23 |
44 |
|
Cleaning |
7 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
|
Construction |
26 |
16 |
39 |
8 |
9 |
|
Courier & Postal |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dairy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Domestic |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Equine |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Events |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Food packaging |
7 |
13 |
17 |
10 |
2 |
|
Food processing |
52 |
42 |
24 |
41 |
41 |
|
Food Service |
23 |
10 |
16 |
22 |
9 |
|
Fishing |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hair & Beauty |
2 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
6 |
|
Hospitality & Events |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
Hotel and restaurants |
10 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Horticulture |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Manufacturing |
8 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
|
Mining and Quarrying |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Motor trade |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nail bar |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
26 |
29 |
51 |
42 |
13 |
|
Personal services |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Poultry & Eggs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Printing |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recycling & refuse |
11 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
|
Retail |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Religion |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sales |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Social work |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Security |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tailoring |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Transport |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Warehousing & Storage |
14 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Wholesale |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
312 |
259 |
331 |
307 |
227 |
2) Our assessment is that the length of time to undertake this activity would exceed the cost thresholds set out under Section 12 of the FOIA, and therefore we are unable to provide an answer.
3)
|
Location |
Jan – Dec 2019 |
Jan – Dec 2020 |
Jan – Dec 2021 |
Jan – Dec 2022 |
Jan – Dec 2023 |
|
Northwest |
46 |
49 |
53 |
33 |
27 |
|
Northeast |
95 |
54 |
75 |
71 |
55 |
|
Southeast |
98 |
87 |
123 |
133 |
83 |
|
Scotland |
2 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
|
Southwest |
69 |
63 |
66 |
60 |
51 |
|
Northern Ireland |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
4 |