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601963

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how (a) much funding from the public purse has been allocated to and (b) many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (i) UK Visas and Immigration and (ii) the UK Human Trafficking Centre for their work in relation to the National Referral Mechanism in each of year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Staff in the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit (MSHTU, formally UKHTC), and the Home Office UKVI who engage in work related to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) often undertake additional or different work based on changing priorities. It is therefore not possible to provide figures on the budget and full-time equivalent staff dedicated to the NRM function.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2016 16:23:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601964

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who passed through the National Referral Mechanism categorised as victims of modern slavery and trafficking had no legal right of residence in the UK at the time of their passage and were potentially subject to immigration enforcement action in the event that they had not received a Reasonable Grounds decision in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism data but this data does not enable us to assess how many had no right of residence in the UK and/ or were potentially subject to immigration enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/11/2016 17:38:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601965

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how (a) much funding from the public purse has been allocated to and (b) many full-time equivalent staff have been employed by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government allocation to the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner was £500,000 in 2015/16 and £575,000 in 2016/17. The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner employed six full-time staff and one part-time staff in 2015/16, and seven full-time and one part-time staff in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2016 16:27:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601966

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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, how many people who passed through the National Referral Mechanism as victims of modern slavery and trafficking were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK in order to assist in police investigations and prosecutions in each fiscal year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Our records indicate that the number of individuals who received a positive conclusive grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism (see Note 1) who were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK with the requirement that they assist the police in their investigations (see Note 2) were as shown in Table 1 below.</p><p>Table 1 - Number of individuals granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK with the requirement that they assist the police in their investigations, following a positive conclusive grounds outcome from the National Referral Mechanism.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Referral Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK with the requirement that they assist the police in their investigations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the process by which people who may have been victims of modern slavery are identified, referred, assessed and supported in the United Kingdom. (“Modern slavery” is a term that covers slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking.) The initial referral goes through a two stage process: a reasonable grounds stage and then, for those with a positive reasonable grounds outcome (where it is considered that the person is a potential victim of trafficking/slavery), a conclusive grounds stage (where the person is considered to be a confirmed victim of trafficking/slavery).</p><p>2. The data in the table shows those with a positive conclusive grounds outcome only with a particular outcome type (&quot;VOT DL Granted&quot;), identifying them as someone granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK with the requirement that they assist the police in their investigations.</p><p>3. Data extracted on 01 September 2016.</p><p>4. Data is broken down into Financial Years, showing the year the referral was made.</p><p>5. The data has been extracted from the Case Immigration Database.</p><p>6. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2016 16:40:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601967

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Conclusive Grounds decisions reached through the National Referral Mechanism for victims of human trafficking and slavery took longer than 45 days in each year since 2009-10; and what central government funding was provided for decisions that were taken longer than 45 days in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases where Conclusive Decision exceeded 45 days*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1376</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Whilst significant anomalies have been removed from the data, all statistical information has been drawn from internal management information and has not been quality assured to the same standard as published information. It Includes unknown. Specialist and tailored support continues to be offered to all potential victims until a conclusive grounds decision is made. It is not possible to accurately specify the precise costs of those cases which take longer than 45 days to conclude.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/11/2016 17:33:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601968

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Reasonable Grounds decisions reached through the National Referral Mechanism took longer than five days in each year since 2009-10; and whether the decision-making in each of those decisions was by (a) UK Visa and Immigration or (b) the UK Human Trafficking Centre.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism data but does not collect data about the timescales for reaching a Reasonable Grounds decision by either UKVI or the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit (previously known as the UKHTC).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2016 16:30:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601973

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2016 to Question 42399, what the equivalent data is for the most recent period for which such data exists, broken down by whether the application was made by (a) the police, (b) the National Crime Agency or (c) immigration officers.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Up to end March 2016: Sixteen Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) have been made on sentencing in the Crown Court under section 14 of the Modern Slavery Act, as decided by the Court. Data on the number of STPOs applied for on sentencing is not collated centrally.</p><p>No STPOs have been applied for or made on application under section 15 of the Modern Slavery Act in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>Nine Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders (STROs) have been applied for on application to the Magistrates’ Court, of which seven were applied for by the police and two by Immigration Enforcement.</p><p>The two STROs applied for by Immigration Enforcement have been made. Of the seven STROs applied for by the police, one has been made. Of the remaining six, two were refused, one was withdrawn and three cases were adjourned.</p><p>This data was run in July 2016 specifically to answer Question 42399 and is not verified to the same standard as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2016 16:12:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601974

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the average length of time people going through the National Referral Mechanism remain supported by the Salvation Army following a Reasonable Grounds decision, in each fiscal year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>This information has been provided by the Salvation Army.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR, JULY-JUNE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AVE. SUPPORT PERIOD, DAYS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data only includes individuals who have received a Conclusive Grounds decision and have exited support.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2016 16:23:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601976

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 any plans routinely to collect and publish data on (a) the response times and (b) the number of referrals through the National Referral Mechanism by First Responders.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) publishes quarterly data on the number of referrals made by different First Responder organisations, which can be accessed through the following link: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics The NCA does not collect data about response times by First Responders. The Government is piloting a new approach to the NRM, at the end of which we will consider, among other things, which data should be routinely collected.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2016 16:32:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson