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Written question asked by Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 June 2025. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Human Trafficking

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many victims of trafficking referred to the National Referral Mechanism received a positive conclusive grounds decision at any time, and 'temporary permission to stay for victims of human trafficking or slavery’ in 2024.

Answer

Statistics on modern slavery are published quarterly. The table sets out the number of positive conclusive grounds decisions issued annually between 2009 and 2024 and the proportion of overall decisions that were positive.

Year

Number of positive Conclusive Grounds decisions issued

Proportion of overall Conclusive Grounds decisions issued that were positive

2009

99

67%

2010

245

69%

2011

442

77%

2012

513

80%

2013

685

68%

2014

978

62%

2015

1,004

59%

2016

1,092

58%

2017

1,220

65%

2018

2,258

70%

2019

2,962

82%

2020

3,077

90%

2021

2,595

92%

2022

5,497

89%

2023

6,514

67%

2024

9,727

56%

The requested data on temporary permission to stay for victims of human trafficking or slavery is not currently available in a verified and published form.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8311
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Asylum Human trafficking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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