Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many positive conclusive grounds decisions in relation to modern slavery and human trafficking were made in respect of UK nationals in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
The table below shows the conclusive grounds decision outcomes for potential victims of modern slavery referred in to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in 2016 and between January and June 2017. The NRM is the process that identifies and supports victims of modern slavery. The decision outcomes data are correct as of 10 November 2017.
Year of Referral | Nationality of Potential Victim | Positive CG | Negative CG | Pending CG | Other Outcome (Suspended, Withdrawn, Negative RG, RG Pending) | Total |
2016 | UK | 284 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 326 |
| EU (non-UK) | 362 | 77 | 26 | 145 | 610 |
| Other | 429 | 530 | 1205 | 704 | 2868 |
| Total | 1075 | 624 | 1240 | 865 | 3804 |
2017 (Jan-Jun) | UK | 117 | 7 | 165 | 18 | 307 |
| EU (non-UK) | 91 | 16 | 87 | 76 | 270 |
| Other | 63 | 64 | 1200 | 455 | 1782 |
| Total | 271 | 87 | 1452 | 549 | 2359 |
The Government has announced reforms to the NRM to improve the identification and support for victims of modern slavery. These reforms include the creation of a single, expert unit in the Home Office to handle all cases referred to the NRM and decision about whether someone is a victim of modern slavery. This will replace the current case management units in the National rime Agency and the UK Visa and Immigration and will be separate from the immigration system. In addition, a multi-agency panel will be set up to monitor and quality assure negative decisions.