Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for her Department to implement improvements to the National Referral Mechanism.

Improvements to the National Referral Mechanism were announced in October 2017. The reforms cover 16 work streams some of which will be implemented more quickly than others. A number of reform measures are subject to commercial tender for provision of services. The detailed implementation plans for each work stream are being developed, which will identify the likely timescales.