Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to modern slavery and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), (a) how many people were referred to the NRM during 2022; (b) how many cases received a positive reasonable grounds decision during 2022; (c) how many cases received a negative reasonable grounds decision during 2022; (d) how many cases are currently waiting for a reasonable grounds decision; and (e) what recent estimate the Government has made of the (i) number and (ii) proportion of non UK citizens referred to the NRM who may have been referred to that mechanism with the intention of circumventing immigration requirements.

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The 2022 statistics can be found here;
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1139171/modern-slavery-national-referral-mechanism-and-duty-to-notify-statistics-uk-end-of-year-summary-2022.ods.