Organisation address
2 Marsham Street,
London,
United Kingdom,
SW1P 4DF
We asked the organisation a series of questions about its modern slavery statement. Its answers are published on this page as a statement summary.
This statement provides information for 5 of 6 recommended areas
What is a modern slavery statement?
UK law requires certain organisations to publish an annual modern slavery statement on their website, setting out the steps they are taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read more in the government guidance on publishing modern slavery statements.
Link to full statement
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About this statement summary
All answers relate to the financial year covered by the statement. The organisation is responsible for all the information it provided. Some of our questions are optional, so organisations may not have answered all of them. The statement summary does not replace the full modern slavery statement – below we provide a link to the full statement on the organisation’s website.
Contents
- Organisations covered by the statement
- Legal requirement to publish
- Statement period and sign-off details
- Recommended areas covered by the statement
- The organisation’s sectors and turnover
- Number of years producing statements
- Policies
- Training
- Monitoring working conditions
- Modern slavery risks
- Finding indicators of modern slavery
- Demonstrating progress
Organisations covered by the statement
UK Government modern slavery statement for 2022 is a group statement covering 23 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
Published voluntarily
UK Government has confirmed it is not required to publish a 2022 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
The statement was signed off by:
Alex Chisholm (Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
10 August 2023
Recommended areas covered by the statement
Government guidance encourages organisations to cover a range of areas in their modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’re taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read about the recommended areas in the statutory guidance.
We asked the organisation to tell us which areas its statement covers.
| Areas recommended by government guidance | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| The organisation’s structure, business and supply chains | Covered |
| Policies | Covered |
| Risk assessment | Covered |
| Due diligence (steps to address risk) | Covered |
| Training about modern slavery | Covered |
| Goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the organisation's actions and progress over time | Covered |
The organisation’s sectors and turnover
Sectors
The organisation operates in the following sectors:
- Public sector
Turnover
Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:
Over £500 million
If the organisation is a public body, this amount is based on the organisation’s budget for the year of the statement.
What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?
If this is a group statement, this includes the total turnover for all the organisations covered by the statement.
Number of years producing statements
The organisation has been producing modern slavery statements for the following number of years:
1 to 5 years
How does this work for group statements?
If the statement is for a group of organisations, this answer applies to the organisation with the longest history of producing statements.
Policies (optional)
We asked the organisation whether its policies include the following provisions in relation to its domestic and international supply chains, as well as its own operations.
| Policy provisions we asked about | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Freedom of workers to terminate employment | Included |
| Freedom of movement | Included |
| Freedom of association | Included |
| Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation | Included |
| Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees | Included |
| Prohibits compulsory overtime | Included |
| Prohibits child labour | Included |
| Prohibits discrimination | Included |
| Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents | Included |
| Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery | Included |
| Other | Not included |
Training (optional)
We asked the organisation whether it provided training on modern slavery, and who it was for.
What counts as training?
We explained that by ‘training’ we meant anything designed to increase knowledge and skills around identifying, addressing or preventing modern slavery risks. This could range from formal training courses to broader awareness-raising activities such as workshops or webinars.
| We asked who the training was for | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Your whole organisation | No |
| Your front line staff | Yes |
| Human resources | No |
| Executive-level staff | No |
| Procurement staff | Yes |
| Your suppliers | Yes |
| The wider community | Yes |
| Other | Policy makers in UK government and international governments. |
Monitoring working conditions (optional)
Engaging with others
We asked the organisation to tell us who it engaged with to help monitor working conditions across its operations and supply chains.
| We asked who the organisation engaged with | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Your suppliers | Yes |
| Trade unions or worker representative groups | Yes |
| Civil society organisations | Yes |
| Professional auditors | Yes |
| Workers within your organisation | Yes |
| Workers within your supply chain | Yes |
| Central or local government | Yes |
| Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates | Yes |
| Businesses in your industry or sector | Yes |
Social audits
We asked the organisation to tell us about any social audits it used to look for signs of modern slavery.
What are social audits?
A social audit is a review of an organisation’s working practices from the point of view of social responsibility, and should include an evaluation of working conditions in the organisation’s operations and supply chains. By their nature, audits of supplier workplaces represent a snapshot in time.
| Social audits we asked about | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Audit conducted by your staff | No |
| Third party audit arranged by your organisation | Yes |
| Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff | Yes |
| Third party audit arranged by your supplier | Yes |
| Announced audit | Yes |
| Unannounced audit | Yes |
Grievance mechanisms
We asked the organisation how workers in its operations or supply chains could raise concerns or make complaints.
| We asked if workers could raise concerns this way | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app | Yes |
| Through trade unions or other worker representative groups | Yes |
Other ways of monitoring working conditions
We asked the organisation whether it had any other ways of monitoring working conditions across its operations and supply chains:
See section 3 in statement for details on how HMG is monitoring labour conditions through the Modern Slavery Assessment Tool and additional steps taken in sectors such as electronics and construction.
Modern slavery risks (optional)
! Warning Identifying modern slavery risks is a vital step towards eradicating it. The government encourages organisations to be as open and transparent as possible, to improve understanding, collaboration and best practice around tackling this worldwide problem.
We asked the organisation to describe up to 3 priority risks it focused on during the period of the statement, including details of the affected workers, the activity involved, and the location.
Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)
In 2021/22 central government departments identified 360 suppliers as having high or medium risk of modern slavery in their supply chains
| Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Where it was most likely to occur | Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains.
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| Who was it most likely to affect | Organisation’s response:
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| In which country | Organisation’s response: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
| Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: N/A |
Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)
Some sectors will have higher risks of modern slavery in their supply chains than others. These include IT, construction, textiles, facilities management, and healthcare.
| Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Where it was most likely to occur | Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains.
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| Who was it most likely to affect | Organisation’s response:
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| In which country | Organisation’s response: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
| Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: N/A |
Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)
The majority of rubber gloves used by health services around the world are manufactured in Malaysia, where there have been credible and serious allegations of modern slavery in supply chains
| Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
|---|---|
| Where it was most likely to occur | Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains.
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| Who was it most likely to affect | Organisation’s response:
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| In which country | Organisation’s response: Malaysia |
| Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Working in close coordination with the BritishHigh Commission in Kuala Lumpur, weaimed to:• Confirm that Malaysian labour laws and any new related legislation was in conformity with International Labour Organization (ILO) standards. Elements of which started with amendments to the Malaysian Employment Act that came into force in February last year. |
Indicators of forced labour (optional)
We asked the organisation whether its statement refers to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.
What are ILO indicators of forced labour?
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has produced a list of the most common signs of forced labour. They’re based on the definition of forced labour as ‘all work or service which is extracted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.’ More details and guidance are available on the ILO website, and in their publication ILO indicators of forced labour
Organisation’s response
The organisation told us its statement does not refer to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.
Demonstrating progress (optional)
We asked the organisation how its statement demonstrates progress over time in addressing modern slavery risks.They provided the following answer:
During 2021 to 2022 we launched Policy Procurement Notice (PPN) 04/21 & 08/21. We introduced the Procurement Bill in 2022 and updated PPN 05/19 in the 22/23 financial year. In October 2021 we secured an agreement at the G7 to eradicate the use of all forms of forced labour from global supply chains. commercial staff involved in working with contracts or suppliers are advised to complete Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply ethical procurement training.
