Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in the UK are suspected of being victims of trafficking gangs.

The Home Office publishes statistics of potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The data shows the number of potential victims referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) where exploitation occurred when they were a child

It also shows the number of referrals received which are linked to County Lines. National Referral Mechanism statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)