Human Trafficking

Home Office written question – answered at on 12 February 2015.

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Photo of Paul Blomfield Paul Blomfield Labour, Sheffield Central

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Questions 221902, how many of the asylum claimants referred to in the Answer were granted leave to remain in the UK.

Photo of Karen Bradley Karen Bradley The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

Holding answer received on 09 February 2015

The answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 221902 stated that of the human trafficking victims who received positive conclusive grounds decisions in 2012 and 2013, 234 and 220 victims applied for asylum respectively.

This answer was based on Home Office internal management information extracted in June 2014. To answer the current question, the dataset has been fully refreshed, and updated to now include victims who have applied for asylum

since June 2014.

As such, the latest data shows that of those who received positive conclusive grounds decisions in 2012 and 2013, 235 and 270 victims respectively have since applied for asylum.

Of the 235 victims of trafficking who received a positive conclusive grounds decision in 2012 and have since applied for asylum, 156 have been granted asylum.

Of the 270 victims of trafficking who received a positive conclusive grounds decision in 2013 and have since applied for asylum, 126 have been granted asylum.

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