Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism were made by telephone in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
Designated First Responders can make referrals to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) via the online referral form at https://www.modernslavery.gov.uk/start. This became available to all designated First Responders on 29 August 2019. Prior to this, referrals were made via email.
The Single Competent Authority does not accept NRM referrals made by telephone. The Home Office did not receive NRM referrals by telephone in 2018 or 2019.