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Written Question
Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
Thursday 7th January 2016

Asked by: Mark Field (Conservative - Cities of London and Westminster)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19543, how many of those prosecutions for human trafficking resulted in a conviction.

Answered by Robert Buckland

During 2014-2015 the CPS prosecuted 187 defendants for offences connected with human trafficking. 130 of these defendants were convicted at a conviction rate of 69.5%.