Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions relating to human trafficking were recorded in (1) 2019, and (2) 2020.

The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions for offences relating to human trafficking, up to December 2019, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, attached and here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx

Offences relating to human trafficking and their offence codes, are the following:

• 03608 Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation,
• 03611 Commit offence of kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation,
• 03612 Do act prohibited by slavery and trafficking risk or prevention order,
• 07201 Arranging or facilitating arrival of a person into the UK for sexual exploitation (trafficking),
• 07202 Arranging or facilitating travel of a person within the UK for sexual exploitation (trafficking),
• 07203 Arranging or facilitating departure of a person from the UK for sexual exploitation (trafficking),
• 07204 Intentionally arrange / facilitate the arrival in / entry into the UK / another country of a person with a view to their sexual exploitation,
• 07205 Intentionally arrange / facilitate travel of a person within the UK / another country with a view to their sexual exploitation,
• 07206 Intentionally arrange / facilitate the departure of a person from the UK / another country with a view to their sexual exploitation,
• 07819 Trafficking people into the UK for the purpose of exploitation,
• 07820 Trafficking people within the UK for the purpose of exploitation,
• 07821 Trafficking people out of the UK for the purpose of exploitation.

In 2019, there were 25 convictions for offences relating to the above human trafficking.

Data for 2020 is due to be published in May 2021.