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Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 (named day). It was answered by Jess Phillips (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Offences against Children: Guinea-Bissau and Portugal

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from (a) Guinea-Bissau and (b) Portugal have been referred to the national referral mechanism in each year since its start.

Answer

The Home Office does not hold or publish data on the number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals received for individuals on a constituency level.

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the NRM including the nationality of children referred. NRM statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics

Further disaggregated data is published via the UK Data Service and can be accessed here: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8910


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44064
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Human trafficking Offences against children Portugal Guinea-Bissau
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk