The PM clashed with Labour MP Jess Phillips over the modern slavery statistics, with both appearing to contradict each other’s claims. In fact, neither of the original claims the pair made are necessarily wrong. We’ve dug into the numbers.
The biggest increase in the number of people accessing the modern slavery referral system in the last 10 years has been from the huge increase in British adults and children trafficked for sex and crime within Britain.This depends on how you measure the increase. UK nationals accounted for 25% of modern slavery referrals in 2022, compared to just 3% in 2012—though most of the increase over the last 10 years has been non-UK nationals.
In a question to the PM, Ms Phillips claimed that the biggest increase in the last ten years in people accessing the modern slavery referral system was “from the huge increase in British adults and children trafficked for sex and crime within Britain”. Mr Sunak then said he would “correct” her, claiming it is “now a minority” of people referred who are from the UK.
Ministers and other politicians should use statistics and data transparently and responsibly, and quickly correct misleading claims when they are made. It is also important they do not accuse other politicians of misusing data if the figures they’ve used may in fact be accurate.
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