Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which languages the National Referral Mechanism Referral form for referring potential victims of trafficking or modern slavery is published in.

Referrals to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are made by First Responders via the Modern Slavery Online Portal. As the referral can only be made by designated First Responders, the portal is only available in English.

The First Responder is responsible for identifying potential victims of modern slavery, gathering information in order to understand what has happened to them and referring them to the NRM, or notifying the Home Office under the Duty to Notify where an adult does not consent to referral to the NRM.

Further information on the referral pathways can be found in the Modern Slavery Act 2015: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-slavery-how-to-identify-and-support-victims.