Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on the number of confirmed victims of trafficking who are subsequently re-trafficked once they have left the National Referral Mechanism.

The ability to monitor long term outcomes for confirmed victims that leave the National Referral Mechanism and do not wish to maintain contact is extremely difficult.

As part of the National Referral Mechanism reform programme, we are introducing access to a 6 month ‘drop-in’ service for confirmed victims following leaving Government funded support, in addition to implementing a digital system that will improve our ability to identify individuals who have previously been through the National Referral Mechanism.