The annual report covers key developments across the UK in Modern Slavery in the period October 2020 to the end of September 2021

The report outlines the Commissioner’s work to achieve the objectives across four priority areas in the 2019-221 strategic plan to improve victim care and support; supporting law enforcement and prosecutions; focusing on prevention; and getting value from research and innovation.

Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation need immediate care and support, but there are currently limited options available. Across the UK, the British Red Cross provides emergency support at temporary reception centres, set up for people recovered during police operations to disrupt exploitation and human trafficking. The BRC’s report, First Steps to Safety? The role of reception centres in supporting people out of exploitation, focuses on the experiences of people removed from exploitation, and asks whether they are able to get the immediate advice and support they need.

This is a summary of the report published in January 2023, based on research conducted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in partnership with Unseen UK and their lived experience consultants group.

CQC's inspections of safehouse and outreach support services delivered under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract January 2021 to June 2022.