Arrests and victims identified by the GLAA between April 2020 and March 2025
Freedom of Information Act request.
Ref: FOI 25-26 10
Date issued: 22 May 2025
Subject: Arrests and victims identified by the GLAA between April 2020 and March 2025
Question:
For each year and sector, as set out below, please provide the number of a) arrests and b) victims identified, regarding modern slavery offences, or any other offences if this information is recorded and retrievable.
|
Sector |
April 2020-March 2021 |
April 2021-March 2022 |
April 2022-March 2023 |
April 2023- March 2024 |
April 2024- March 2025 |
|
Agency Activities |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Agriculture |
45 |
34 |
32 |
14 |
20 |
|
Blank |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Car Wash |
24 |
58 |
70 |
28 |
18 |
|
Care |
2 |
13 |
26 |
52 |
66 |
|
Cleaning |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Our Response:
The information requested is not recorded in a format that is easily retrievable. However, under our duty to assist (Section 16) we can provide the overall number of arrests and victims identified for those years. The number of victims identified is for those referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).
Please note, there is a known recording gap for arrest in 2022. The numbers below are those we have recorded.
|
Year |
Number of Arrests |
Number of victims identified through NRM (including duty to notify) |
|
April 2020-March 2021 |
4 |
99 |
|
April 2021-March 2022 |
16 |
33 |
|
April 2022-March 2023 |
4 |
199 |
|
April 2023-March 2024 |
1 |
21 |
|
April 2024-March 2025 |
6 |
15 |