PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner (22 November 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will appoint the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Asked by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
Answer
The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.
The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.
A decision on the appointment is under consideration.
Answered by:
Miss Sarah Dines (Conservative)
25 November 2022
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