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<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&data=04%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4bb2f062f842444e6ef208d993b23fd9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637703216038961431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DgBaB5SbVbaiOL4KM0J9%2BZTWZ6Ta7SrmoD152NJtA0U%3D&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>
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