Cabinet Office publishes Anti-slavery Risk Tiering Tool guidance
The Cabinet Office has published guidance on the Anti-slavery Risk Tiering Tool (ARTT). The tool replaces the Home Office Modern Slavery Risk Assessment Tool and has been developed by a cross-departmental team including representatives from UK Parliament, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Transport and Integrated Corporate Services. The ARTT is aligned with Procurement Policy Note 009 on tackling modern slavery in government supply chains and incorporates requirements introduced by the Procurement Act 2023. The tool rates procurement contracts as high, medium or low risk based on responses to six risk-characteristic questions covering factors including industry, commodity and supply chain geography. It incorporates Global Slavery Index 2023 data and the US Department of Labor List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor 2024. The tool includes automated risk-rating functionality and provides guidance on due diligence questions, country risk data and recommended next steps for compliance with modern slavery requirements in government procurement.