Human Trafficking: Sexual Offences

(asked on 9th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2018 to Question 137048 on Human Trafficking: Sexual Offences, how many potential victims of trafficking or modern slavery were identified through Project AIDANT activity in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 to date; how many of those potential victims were detained prior to identification; and how many of those potential victims were referred to the National Referral Mechanism.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 23rd April 2019

Information on Project AIDANT (the series of multi-agency operational intensifications to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking led by the National Crime Agency) can be found in the 2018 Annual Report on Modern Slavery which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf

It should be noted that the number of potential victims includes victims encountered overseas during the operations who do not qualify for referral to the UK National Referral Mechanism or Duty to Notify. The data held is reported individually by police forces and law enforcement agencies and may therefore not reflect the full picture of NRM referrals as it is not possible to determine from the NRM database directly which referrals relate to AIDANT activity.

Data on the number of potential victims detained prior to identification is not held centrally.

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