UK Modern Slavery Act 2015
Evidence request list. 9 controls, 9 carrying auditor artefact guidance. Generated from the compliance knowledge graph on 12 September 2026. Published by The Art of Service.
Continuous Improvement
Per MSA: Continuous Improvement Year-On-Year + Liaison with Law Enforcement + Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner + Public Sector Section 54 Plus + Adjacent Legislation Interaction.
- MSA evidence for UKMSA-5
- statement + DD + cascade partial
Risk
Per MSA: risk assessment across business + supply chain + due diligence on suppliers + high-risk geographies.
- MSA evidence for UKMSA-2
- statement + DD + cascade partial
Section 54: Transparency in Supply Chains
Commercial organisations with turnover of 36 million GBP or more must publish an annual statement on slavery and human trafficking.
- Modern slavery statement approved by board
- Supplier code of conduct
- Risk assessment by category and geography
- Audit and remediation records
- Statement lacks measurable KPIs
- Tier two and below suppliers not assessed
- Audit findings closed without remediation evidence
- Worker grievance mechanism absent
The statement must be approved by the board of directors and signed by a director.
- Governance charter or terms of reference
- Meeting minutes with decisions logged
- Accountability matrix mapping owners
- Reporting pack to board or committee
- Decisions made but not minuted
- Owners listed but not empowered
- Reporting pack lacks risk metrics
- Tone from the top not evidenced
Statement may include information about organisational structure, policies, due diligence, risk assessment, training, and effectiveness measures.
- Documented procedure addressing statement content requirements
- Evidence of executive or risk owner approval
- Operational records demonstrating execution
- Independent assurance or review report
- Procedure exists but execution inconsistent
- Owner accountability not codified
- Review cadence missed or undocumented
- Coverage gaps for in scope entities or systems
If the organisation has a website, the statement must be published with a prominent homepage link.
- Construction phase plan
- Designers risk assessments and pre construction information
- Site induction and toolbox talk records
- Accident and near miss register
- Construction phase plan not site specific
- Designers risks not communicated to contractors
- Welfare facilities deficient
- Near miss culture weak
Statement
Per UK Modern Slavery Act Section 54: annual Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement + Board approval + publication on website.
- MSA evidence for UKMSA-1
- statement + DD + cascade partial
Supplier Management
Per MSA + best practice: Contractual Cascade to Suppliers + flow-down + supplier audits + remediation.
- MSA evidence for UKMSA-3
- statement + DD + cascade partial
Training
Per MSA: training + awareness + whistleblowing + grievance mechanisms.
- MSA evidence for UKMSA-4
- statement + DD + cascade partial
Assembled from the framework’s own control set, so this list is regenerated rather than written and stays current as the graph does.