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<p>The National Referral Mechanism was established in 2009 and is managed by the National
Crime Agency’s UK Human Trafficking Centre. The Centre uses the mechanism to collect
data on potential victims of trafficking, including a breakdown of child referrals
by type of exploitation.<br>Published data from this source show a total of 22 referrals
of UK national children for sexual exploitation in 2012, and 56 in 2013.<br><br>The
published data for sexual exploitation of UK national children prior to 2012 and for
labour exploitation for the period requested are not broken down by UK national/non-UK
national.<br><br>Statistics are published on the National Crime Agency website: <a
href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics"
target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><br>Archived
statistics are published on the National Archives website: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics"
target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics</a></p><p>
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