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Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Human Trafficking

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the number of men and boys trafficked into the United Kingdom for suspected involvement in the sex industry in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

To date there has been no estimate made of the number of men and boys trafficked into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation.Operations Pentameter 1 and 2 have focussed on trafficking for sexual exploitation irrespective of gender and the analysis of those operations will inform our estimate of the scale and nature of the problem.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
478 c910W; 214531
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Human trafficking
Link
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