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<p>Government does not currently collect information on the number of rough sleepers
referred into the NRM by Local Authorities.</p><p>However, we recognise that there
is a potential risk for people sleeping rough to become victims of modern slavery,
and we want to ensure that local areas have the tools they need to identify modern
slavery where they see it and provide the right support to victims.</p><p>The Home
Office will continue to work to improve the quality data around victim identification
and will continue to review the data it publishes in relation to NRM referrals and
the introduction of the new digital system provides an opportunity for Government
to review the data to identify patterns of exploitation.</p><p>Data on the National
Referral Mechanism (NRM) continues to be published regularly by the Single Competent
Authority, available via the following link: <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>
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