Human Trafficking: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people resident in the West Midlands have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of trafficking for sexual exploitation in each year since 2004. (315958)

Figures from the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre for the three police forces in the West Midlands area are as follows:

Charged	2005	2006	2007	2008
Warwickshire	0	5	0	0
West Mercia	0	0	3	2
West Midlands	2	5	3	1

Convictions	2006	2007	2008
Warwickshire	5	0	0
West Mercia	0	1	2
West Midlands	3	2	0

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010