UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking
On 23rd March 2007 the Home Office and the Scottish Government jointly launched the UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking. Human trafficking is a serious and often highly organized crime in which people, including children, are traded as commodities, for sexual exploitation, forced labour or other forms of exploitation. The Action Plan set out the Government strategy to tackle this abhorrent practice. At the time of publication we gave a public commitment that it would be a "living" document that would be updated regularly with actions being added or removed as new priorities were identified and actions completed. We have done just that by launching a revised plan in July 2008 and again in October 2009 that contains updates on each of the main areas of the plan, including some additional actions.
Title: UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking
Authors: Home Office and Scottish government
Number of pages: 59
Date published: October 2009
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Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings
Please see attached Command Paper for the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking.
Command Paper
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Impact Assessment
An impact assessment has not been produced for this action plan as a Regulatory Impact Assessment RIA was conducted as part of the original action plan produced in March 2007. This can be found on the below. This Update has been assessed against the published RIA and the actions in the Plan will not impose any additional burdens on the public or private sector. Any costs to Government from the actions in the Plan will be met from within existing resources. An IA will be developed if necessary and published separately to inform the forthcoming European Union Framework Decision on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.
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Equality Impact Assessment
Last update: Monday, October 26, 2009