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Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Friday, 13 April 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2018. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Monday, 23 April 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.

Exploitation: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to the National Referral Mechanism for children aged under 18, had ticked criminal services (i.e. involved the commission of an offence by the victim) under section D of the referral form, in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2015-16.

Answer

The National Crime Agency (NCA), publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These statistics are published on a quarterly basis and the NCA have recently published the complete statistics for 2017. These statistics include the breakdown of referrals for children by nationality and primary exploitation type. Criminal Exploitation is recorded as a sub category of Labour Exploitation within the statistics and includes children found in cannabis farms, nail bars and those involved in ‘County Lines’ gang exploitation.

The 2017 Report is available via the following link:

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2017-nrm-statistics/884-nrm-annual-report-2017

Information detailed within section E of the NRM referral form is used to guide and inform the case worker as to the reasons for the referral, not to facilitate the case management of the referral. No detail is recorded within the NRM case management system of this data.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135680
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Children Crime Victims Exploitation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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