Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15, how many potential victims of trafficking referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) were accommodated by the National Asylum Support Service; and of those, how many received (a) a positive reasonable grounds decision, and (b) a positive conclusive grounds decision.

In 2013/14, 1,282 referrals were made into the NRM, of which 537 were accommodated in NASS accommodation. Of those in NASS accommodation, 403 individuals were issued with Positive Reasonable Grounds decisions, of which 154 received a subsequent positive Conclusive Ground decision.

In 2013/15 1,800 referrals were made into the NRM, of which 716 were accommodated in NASS accommodation. Of those in NASS accommodation, 632 individuals were issued with Positive Reasonable Grounds decisions, of which 126 received a subsequent positive Conclusive Ground decision.