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<p>The Government introduced Independent Child Trafficking Advocates in three early
adopter sites (Greater Manchester, Hampshire and nationally in Wales). The service
has been running in these sites from January 2017 until January 2019. An interim assessment
of the first year of the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service (February
2017 – January 2018) and associated data tables were published in July 2018 and can
be found<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/730098/assessment-of-independent-child-trafficking-advocates-horr101.pdf"
target="_blank"> https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/730098/assessment-of-independent-child-trafficking-advocates-horr101.pdf</a></p><p><br>In
July 2018, the Government announced that it would roll out the ICTA service to one
third of local authorities by April 2019. Following the expansion of the service,
around one third of all children that we estimate will be referred into the NRM will
be eligible to access the ICTA service in England and Wales.</p><p> </p>
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