Home Office written question – answered at on 27 January 2017.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were identified as potentially trafficked through the National Referral Mechanism in each year between 2010 and 2015.
The table below shows the number of individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in the UK as potential victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, between 2010 and 2015. The NRM is the UK’s identification and support mechanism for potential victims of modern slavery.
Year | Number of potential victims referred to NRM |
2010 | 714 |
2011 | 946 |
2012 | 1,186 |
2013 | 1,746 |
2014 | 2,340 |
2015 | 3,266 |
A breakdown of referrals is available from published NRM statistics on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics
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