Slavery: Children
(asked on 20th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many crimes of modern slavery involving children have been recorded since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office and regional police forces do collect information on how many modern slavery crimes are recorded. The information does not distinguish between adult and child victims.
The NCA publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) on a quarterly basis. This includes a breakdown of child referrals by nationality and exploitation type.
For more information:http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics