Written Question·Home Office·UIN 66280
Slavery: Supply Chains
Tabled: 9 July 2025
Answered: 16 July 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider lowering the annual turnover criteria in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 for which companies have to produce an annual report on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in (a) operations and (b) supply chains.
Answer
Jess PhillipsThe Home Office is currently undertaking a statutory Post-Implementation Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Transparency in Supply Chains) Regulations to assess whether the £36 million total turnover threshold and the definition of total turnover are still appropriate. The conclusion of this review will be published in the Autumn.