MILLFIELD modern slavery statement summary (2024)
Organisation address
Street,
Somerset,
BA16 0YD
We asked the organisation a series of questions about its modern slavery statement. Its answers are published on this page as a statement summary.
This statement provides information for all 6 recommended areas
What is a modern slavery statement?
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About this statement summary
All answers relate to the financial year covered by the statement. The organisation is responsible for all the information it provided. Some of our questions are optional, so organisations may not have answered all of them. The statement summary does not replace the full modern slavery statement – below we provide a link to the full statement on the organisation’s website.
Contents
- Organisations covered by the statement
- Legal requirement to publish
- Statement period and sign-off details
- Recommended areas covered by the statement
- The organisation’s sectors and turnover
- Number of years producing statements
- Policies
- Training
- Monitoring working conditions
- Modern slavery risks
- Finding indicators of modern slavery
- Demonstrating progress
Organisations covered by the statement
MILLFIELD modern slavery statement for 2024 is a group statement covering 2 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
MILLFIELD has confirmed it is required to publish a 2024 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023
The statement was signed off by:
Roland Rudd (Chair of Governors)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
1 November 2023
Recommended areas covered by the statement
Government guidance encourages organisations to cover a range of areas in their modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’re taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read about the recommended areas in the statutory guidance.
We asked the organisation to tell us which areas its statement covers.
Areas recommended by government guidance | Organisation’s response |
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The organisation’s structure, business and supply chains | Covered |
Policies | Covered |
Risk assessment | Covered |
Due diligence (steps to address risk) | Covered |
Training about modern slavery | Covered |
Goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the organisation's actions and progress over time |
Not covered
This will be included next year
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The organisation’s sectors and turnover
Sectors
The organisation operates in the following sectors:
- Education and research
Turnover
Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:
£60 million to £100 million
What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?
Number of years producing statements
How does this work for group statements?
Policies (optional)
Policy provisions we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Freedom of workers to terminate employment | Included |
Freedom of movement | Included |
Freedom of association | Included |
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation | Included |
Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees | Included |
Prohibits compulsory overtime | Included |
Prohibits child labour | Included |
Prohibits discrimination | Included |
Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents | Included |
Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery | Included |
Other |
Not included
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Training (optional)
What counts as training?
Monitoring working conditions (optional)
Engaging with others
We asked who the organisation engaged with | Organisation’s response |
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Your suppliers | Yes |
Trade unions or worker representative groups | Yes |
Civil society organisations | No |
Professional auditors | Yes |
Workers within your organisation | Yes |
Workers within your supply chain | No |
Central or local government | No |
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates | No |
Businesses in your industry or sector | No |
Social audits
What are social audits?
Grievance mechanisms
We asked if workers could raise concerns this way | Organisation’s response |
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Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app | Yes |
Through trade unions or other worker representative groups | Yes |
Other ways of monitoring working conditions
Modern slavery risks (optional)
Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: United Kingdom |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Seek assurance and confirmation of our standards in relation to trafficking and modern slavery |
Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: United Kingdom |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Seeking confirmation and assurance of adherence to standards |
Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: United Kingdom |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Seek assurance of adherence of our standards through confirmation from supply chains |