On 2nd December 2013, the Bishop of Derby recieved answers to two written questions on human trafficking. The Bishop served as a member of the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill during its pre-legislative scrutiny in 2014.
The Lord Bishop of Derby: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support they have provided in each year since 2009 to support programmes overseas to tackle human trafficking.
Baroness Northover: DFID works to tackle the underlying factors which put people at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking, such as poverty, lack of education, lack of economic opportunities, vulnerability to economic shocks and social exclusion. An example of a DFID supported programme to combat trafficking is a programme launched with the International Labour Organisation in July to help prevent trafficking of girls and women from South Asia to the Middle East to work in the domestic work and garment-manufacturing sectors. DFID’s Civil Society Challenge Fund has also supported anti-trafficking projects. An example of support in the recent past was a project to combat child trafficking in Malawi run by the Salvation Army.
Information about the value of financial support provided each year since 2009 to support programmes overseas to tackle human trafficking is not currently centrally available.
The Lord Bishop of Derby: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to withhold overseas development aid to countries that do not comply with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking or whose governments are not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with such standards.
Baroness Northover: There are no plans to do so.
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