New Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance and Data Dashboard
3rd July, 2025
It is 10 years since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and the Home Office has worked with stakeholders from business, civil society, academia and trade unions to determine best practice and set out practical guidance for businesses to ensure compliance.
New statutory guidance has been published advising businesses on how to tackle modern slavery in their operations and their supply chains. This new guidance also helps businesses through reporting on this transparently in their modern slavery statements.
What’s included in the new modern slavery statutory guidance?
This fresh guidance features advice on what to disclose in modern slavery statements, including detailed lists of what disclosures organisations could make in their modern slavery statements and how to develop this over time.
The guidance emphasises that the prevalence of modern slavery is such that it will be found in many supply chains. It encourages businesses to be transparent about their response to any instances of modern slavery and how they plan to prevent any reoccurrence.
It also re-enforces the need for organisations to consult a wide range of stakeholders, particularly workers and their representatives, to properly understand and mitigate risks across the business and the whole supply chain.
Businesses are encouraged to thoroughly review the new guidance when developing an approach to tackling modern slavery and preparing future modern slavery statements. With this comes a focus on continuous improvement when it comes to the identification, prevention and response to modern slavery each year, and to disclose this work in statements.
New modern slavery data dashboard
The Home Office has also launched a new modern slavery statement data dashboard for the Modern Slavery Statement Registry. It provides a comprehensive summary of key data held on the registry, including the number of unique statements and a breakdown of statements by sector.
This gives business easier access to critical data, enhancing transparency and supporting research and informed decision-making. The dashboard will be further developed and include new information over time.
Who needs to publish a modern slavery statement?
A commercial organisation is required to publish an annual statement if it:
- is a ‘body corporate’ or a partnership, wherever incorporated or formed
- carries on a business, or part of a business, in the UK
- supplies goods or services, and
- has an annual turnover of £36 million or more
Businesses are legally responsible for determining whether or not this legislation applies to them, and this can be quite a complex issue to navigate.
Our specialist lawyers have been supporting organisations update their statements based on the new guidance, and are on hand to support you and your organisation too. Contact Stacey Brown to explore this service further.
Please note that this briefing is designed to be informative, not advisory and represents our understanding of English law and practice as at the date indicated. We would always recommend that you should seek specific guidance on any particular legal issue.
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