National Referral Mechanism (NRM) children identified as potential victims of modern slavery
Case reference FOI2023/01560
Published 20 October 2023
Request
This Freedom of Information request is made to access to data in relation to children referred by your local authority to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for children who were identified as potential victims of modern slavery. Therefore, I would like you to provide me with:
1. Gender: How many of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 were identified as males and females?
2. Nationality: What were the nationality of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023?
3. Location: What was the location of the exploitation in the UK for children referred to NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023? Please state how many of exploitations referred in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 happened in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
4. Exploitation type: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of:
Criminal exploitation
Domestic exploitation
Labour exploitation
Sexual exploitation
Organ harvesting
Domestic and criminal exploitation
Labour and criminal exploitation
Sexual and criminal exploitation
Domestic and labour exploitation
Domestic and sexual exploitation
Sexual and labour exploitation
Criminal and domestic and sexual exploitation
Criminal and labour and sexual exploitation
Domestic and labour and sexual exploitation.
5. County lines: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of county lines?
6. Reasonable ground decision: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023:
6.a. how many of them received a positive reasonable ground decision?
6.b. how many of them received negative reasonable ground decision?
7. Conclusive ground decision: For children referred to the NRM by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023,
7.a. how many of them received a positive conclusive ground decision?
7.b. how many of them received negative conclusive ground decision?
Response
This Freedom of Information request is made to access to data in relation to children referred by your local authority to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for children who were identified as potential victims of modern slavery. Therefore, I would like you to provide me with:
1. Gender: How many of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 were identified as males and females?
2. Nationality: What were the nationality of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023?
3. Location: What was the location of the exploitation in the UK for children referred to NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023? Please state how many of exploitations referred in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 happened in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
4. Exploitation type: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of:
Criminal exploitation
Domestic exploitation
Labour exploitation
Sexual exploitation
Organ harvesting
Domestic and criminal exploitation
Labour and criminal exploitation
Sexual and criminal exploitation
Domestic and labour exploitation
Domestic and sexual exploitation
Sexual and labour exploitation
Criminal and domestic and sexual exploitation
Criminal and labour and sexual exploitation
Domestic and labour and sexual exploitation.
5. County lines: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of county lines?
6. Reasonable ground decision: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023:
6.a. how many of them received a positive reasonable ground decision?
6.b. how many of them received negative reasonable ground decision?
7. Conclusive ground decision: For children referred to the NRM by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023,
7.a. how many of them received a positive conclusive ground decision?
7.b. how many of them received negative conclusive ground decision?
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