Councils are uniquely placed to be at the forefront of the fight against modern slavery, and are demonstrating awareness and ethical leadership by voluntarily completing modern slavery transparency statements.
The University of Greenwich and the Business, Human Rights and the Environment (BHRE) Research Group recently carried out a piece of research into council transparency statements. The analysis found a number of common pitfalls that we address in our aide memoire, which is intended to be an accompanying document to the existing guidance that is already out there.
There are some simple things to get right and strategies that can be developed to start the learning process. The aide memoire aims to give you practical advice on how to draft your first statement; what to include; where to publish it and how to avoid some of those pitfalls.
It can also be used to assist those looking to build on previous statements; to implement year-on-year improvements and evidence the progress on how you are tackling the risks and incidence of modern slavery in your operations and supply chains.
This is a journey which many of you will just be embarking on, your first statement might not evidence much activity to start with, but by identifying the steps you have taken and setting realistic targets your council will have taken the first steps in fighting modern slavery in your supply chain which can be built upon year on year to evolve and improve.
Modern slavery transparency statements: council submissions
- Allerdale Borough Council
- Ashfield District Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Aylesbury Vale District Council
- Babergh District Council
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Blaby District Council
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Bracknell Forest Council
- Bradford City Council
- Breckland District Council
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Buckinghamshire County Council
- Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Calderdale Council
- Cambridgeshire County Council (LGSS)
- London Borough of Camden
- Cannock Chase District Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Cardiff Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Ceredigion County Council
- City of London
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- Chesire East Council
- Chesire West and Chester Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- Colchester Borough Council
- Cornwall Council
- Coventry City Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Cumbria County Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Derby City Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Doncaster Borough Council
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Durham County Council
- East Lindsey District Council
- East Northamptonshire District Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Epping Forest District Council
- Essex County Council
- Exeter City Council
- Flintshire County Council
- Forest Heath District Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Gwynedd Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Halton Borough Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Harlow District Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- Herefordshire County Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Leeds City Council
- Leicestershire County Council
- Lewes District Council
- City of Lincoln Council
- Liverpool City Council
- Local Government Association
- Manchester City Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Milton Keynes Council
- Neath Port Talbot Council
- Newark and Sherwood District Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- London Borough of Newham
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- North Somerset Council
- North West Leicestershire District Council
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Northampton Borough Council (LGSS)
- Northamptonshire County Council (LGSS)
- Northumberland County Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Oldham Council
- Oxford City Council
- Peterborough City Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Preston City Council
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sandwell Borough Council
- Salford City Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- South Derbyshire District Council
- South Gloucestershire Council
- South Kesteven District Council
- South Norfolk Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- St Albans Borough Council
- St Edmundsbury Borough Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Suffolk Coastal District Council
- Sunderland City Council
- London Borough of Sutton
- Swindon Borough Council
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Tamworth Borough Council
- Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
- Tendring District Council
- Torbay Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Warrington Borough Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- Waveney District Council
- West Lancashire Borough Council
- West Lindsey District Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Wolverhampton City Council
- Worcestershire County Council
- Wycombe District Council
- Wyre Forest District Council
- City of York
The LGA gratefully acknowledge the research carried out by Anna Gorna, Rahima Islam and Dr Olga Martin-Ortega of the University of Greenwich who compiled this list.
If your council’s transparency statement, commonly referred to as Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking statement, is not listed here and you would like it added, or you require any help or support in drafting and compiling your statement, please contact productivity@local.gov.uk.