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Human Trafficking

Volume 503: debated on Thursday 14 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals referred to the human trafficking national referral mechanism are (a) being accommodated by a specialist accommodation provider, (b) in an immigration removal centre and (c) in prison. (309624)

[holding answer 11 January 2010]: Between 1 April 2009 and 31 December 2009 there have been 348 national referral mechanism referrals where the individual was accommodated by a specialist accommodation provider, 27 cases where the individual was in an immigration detention centre and 22 cases where the subject was in prison or a young offenders institution.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals of potential victims of human trafficking have been made to the national referral mechanism by each first responder agency. (309625)

[holding answer 11 January 2010]: Between 1 April 2009 and 31 December 2009 there have been 527 referrals made to the national referral mechanism. The referrals were made by the following agencies:

Number of referrals

UKBA

238

Police

166

Local authorities

57

Poppy

27

Kalayaan

19

TARA

9

Migrant Helpline

8

CPS

2

NHS

1

Total

527

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals of potential victims of trafficking to the National Referral Mechanism made since 1 April 2009 have received a (a) positive and (b) negative reasonable grounds decision; and in respect of how many such referrals (i) a decision is pending and (ii) no decision was made. (309666)

Between 1 April 2009 and 31 December 2009 there have been 527 referrals made to Competent Authorities within the National Referral Mechanism. The breakdown of Reasonable Grounds decisions are as follows:

Number

Positive

301

Negative

131

Suspended

7

Withdrawn

18

No decision recorded

70

Total

527

‘Suspended’ cases are where the individual has either absconded or is missing prior to the reasonable grounds decision being made.

‘Withdrawn’ are where the individual has left the UK prior to the reasonable grounds decision being made.

‘No decision recorded’ means the decision has not been officially logged with UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC). This is where the reasonable grounds decision is either still being considered or where the decision has yet to be recorded on the UKHTC system.