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	registered interest
	date	17/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Spiking: Music Festivals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent spiking incidents at music festivals over summer 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	20227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Government is clear. Spiking is a heinous crime and we must stamp it out. We have been working with the Festivals and Outdoor Events sector and the National Police Chief’s Council to ensure that they, alongside event organisers, local authorities, law enforcement, and hired security staff are taking appropriate action to protect potential victims and deter would be offenders. This includes opportunities for joint communications, updated guidance for audiences and staff and a shared understanding of the emergency service response to spiking incidents.</p><p>A letter will be sent to colleagues across the House shortly setting out further detail.</p><p>More broadly, the Government is taking a number of actions to address Spiking, including:</p><ul><ul><li>Working across government to ensure that we have a joined-up and effective response to this issue from education and awareness through to support for victims in healthcare settings.</li><li>Will publish a report in Spring 2023 on the prevalence and nature of spiking and the action that the Government is, and will take, to tackle it.</li><li>Considering the case for a specific offence of spiking.</li><li>Through the Safety of Women at Night Fund, and Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund, supporting the rollout of pilot initiatives to improve the safety of women in public spaces, including in the night-time economy (NTE).</li><li>Reclassifying GHB and related substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. These are so-called “date rape” drugs, which have been used in drug-facilitated crime (though there is little evidence to link these drugs to needle-spiking specifically)</li><li>Deputy Chief Constable, Maggie Blyth, who is leading the national policing response to spiking has also: improved coordination amongst forces; police crime recording; work with local health providers; and provided consistent guidance around support for victims.</li></ul></ul> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 15:47:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 9332 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1359502

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the increase in hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people; and whether her Department plans to undertake further research into the increase in those hate crime reports.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are completely unacceptable.</p><p>Whilst the biggest driver for the increase in recorded crime is general improvements in police recording, along with increased victim willingness to come forward, we cannot be complacent. That is why we have committed to publishing a new Hate Crime Strategy later this year.</p><p>The Government has commissioned a Law Commission review of the adequacy of current hate crime legislation. The review will report this year and we will respond to it when it is complete.</p><p>Government action to tackle broader discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people includes:</p><ul><li>A commitment to holding an international conference on LGBT rights; the “Safe To Be Me” conference will be held in 2022.</li><li>The September 2020 announcement of a further £3.2 million of UK-funded projects to help Commonwealth governments and civil society groups reform outdated laws and end the legacy of discrimination and violence.</li><li>Bringing forward legislation to ban conversion therapy as soon as Parliamentary time allows and making new funds available to ensure that victims have better access to the support they need.</li></ul><p>The Government will continue to work with the police, stakeholders including Galop and others to understand the concerns of LGBTQ+ communities and what more can be done to address those concerns.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2021 11:49:22 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26374 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1359503

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of reported incidents of hate crime that progress through the courts.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56585 56586 56587 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26373 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1359504

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to plan for the upcoming release of the Law Commission's final report on the Hate Crime Review.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56584 56586 56587 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26371 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1359505

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is engaging with the Ministry of Justice in preparation for the Law Commission's final report on the Hate Crime Review.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56584 56585 56587 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26352 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1361444

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received by her Department in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	58924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrimeagency.gov.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpublications%3Fsearch%3D%26category%255B%255D%3D3%26%3D%252Fwho-we-are%252Fpublications%253Flimit%253D15%2526sort%253Dtitle%2526direction%253Dasc%26limit%3D100%26tag%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Publications - National Crime Agency</a></p><p>There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.</p><p>This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.</p><p>In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 58925 58926 58927 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:31:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26367 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1361445

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average length of time taken to assess Potential Victim of Trafficking cases received by her Department over the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	58925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrimeagency.gov.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpublications%3Fsearch%3D%26category%255B%255D%3D3%26%3D%252Fwho-we-are%252Fpublications%253Flimit%253D15%2526sort%253Dtitle%2526direction%253Dasc%26limit%3D100%26tag%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Publications - National Crime Agency</a></p><p>There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.</p><p>This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.</p><p>In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 58924 58926 58927 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:31:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26366 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1361446

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Potential Victim of Trafficking applications being handled by her Department that are yet to be resolved and were made over (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five years ago.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	58926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrimeagency.gov.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpublications%3Fsearch%3D%26category%255B%255D%3D3%26%3D%252Fwho-we-are%252Fpublications%253Flimit%253D15%2526sort%253Dtitle%2526direction%253Dasc%26limit%3D100%26tag%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Publications - National Crime Agency</a></p><p>There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.</p><p>This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.</p><p>In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 58924 58925 58927 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:31:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26361 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1361447

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a target timeframe for the determination of Potential Victim of Trafficking cases.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	58927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrimeagency.gov.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpublications%3Fsearch%3D%26category%255B%255D%3D3%26%3D%252Fwho-we-are%252Fpublications%253Flimit%253D15%2526sort%253Dtitle%2526direction%253Dasc%26limit%3D100%26tag%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Publications - National Crime Agency</a></p><p>There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.</p><p>This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.</p><p>In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 58924 58925 58926 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:31:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26325 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1361448

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce target timeframes for the determination of all applications to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	58928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcrimeagency.gov.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpublications%3Fsearch%3D%26category%255B%255D%3D3%26%3D%252Fwho-we-are%252Fpublications%253Flimit%253D15%2526sort%253Dtitle%2526direction%253Dasc%26limit%3D100%26tag%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Publications - National Crime Agency</a></p><p>There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.</p><p>This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.</p><p>In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2021 11:36:15 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26356 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan