Police force data provided in associated reference tables are based on the location of the police force that received the NRM referral. Each referral is screened against the criteria below to identify the responsible geographic police force. Once identified, the referral is transferred for action to the relevant Force Intelligence Bureau or stipulated point of receipt within the force. Sometimes, further information is received and processed regarding a referral, which means it will be sent to a different police force. The updated statistics will reflect this. Criteria applied to identify the relevant police force are: For a positive reasonable grounds decision, the decision maker must agree there are reasonable grounds to believe, based on objective factors, that a person is a victim of modern slavery. More information can be found in the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance for England and Wales and Non-Statutory Guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Before January 30 2023, this test was whether the decision-maker suspects but cannot prove that the individual is a victim of modern slavery. Adults given a positive reasonable grounds decision can have access to support if they need it (including accommodation, subsistence, legal aid and counselling). Local authorities support children.

additional information about the case becomes available that would be material to the outcome of a case Once the local authority knows about the potential child victim, you can start their NRM referral. The local authority will receive a notification once you complete it. A caseworker will look at the potential victim’s case within 5 working days, whenever possible, and decide if there are reasonable grounds to believe they are a victim. Emergency accommodation and support may be provided during this time if the potential adult victim is at risk of becoming destitute. Cases that do not meet the RG criteria will be closed at this stage unless there’s a request for a reconsideration. Referrals for UK nationals have grown since July to September 2021 and have reached their highest quarterly figure since the NRM began. The number of Sudanese nationals referred has broadly grown since January to March 2022, and has overtaken Eritrean nationals as the third most commonly referred nationality to the NRM this quarter. The majority (75%; 877) of UK nationals were child potential victims; whilst for Albanian nationals, most (81%; 1174) were adult potential victims. For Sudanese nationals, 42% (95) were adult potential victims and 55% (124) were child potential victims (Figure 6).For the first time, all three volumes of the NRM suite have been published at the same time. The updated suite consists of three separate volumes: New rules of measurement (NRM) provides a standard set of measurement rules and essential guidance for the cost management of construction projects and maintenance works. You can only raise a DtN in England and Wales – it is not available in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Updated list of first responder organisations in 'National referral mechanism guidance: adult (England and Wales)'. Slavery and servitude are more serious versions of forced or compulsory labour. More information on the indicators of modern slavery is available. When you are using a custom registry you will need to run the set-hosted-repo to set a url to publish pacakges to your hosted registry. Maintainer is wantedAs in previous quarters, most (91%; 4,296) of the NRM referrals were sent to police forces in England, with 3% (153) to Police Scotland, 3% (165) to Welsh police forces and 3% (127) to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (data table 3). 2.6 First responders

A reconsideration will only happen if there are grounds for one. If a potential victim does not want you to refer their caseThis statistical bulletin provides a summary and breakdown of the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the National Referral Mechanism ( NRM) or via the Duty to Notify ( DtN) process from 1 January to 31 March 2023 (quarter 1). Please also refer to the data tables published alongside this bulletin for further data. To access raw data related to referrals from 2014 onwards, register with UK Data Service. Provisional upcoming statistical release dates can be found in the release calendar.

the proportion of positive reasonable grounds decisions has decreased from the previous quarter; this is likely to be a result of the change in the test for reasonable grounds decisions Where the ICTG service has been implemented, if the first responder considers a child to be a potential victim of modern slavery, they should refer them to the ICTG service by completing the online referral form in English or in Welsh. This is in addition to following usual safeguarding routes and NRM referrals. 8. Indicators of modern slavery County lines referrals were classified as a sub-type of labour exploitation prior to October to December 2019. Since January 2020, a ‘flag’ within the NRM digital casework system identifies county lines referrals.In January to March 2023, the NRM received 4,746 referrals of potential victims of modern slavery. This represents a 7% increase in referrals compared with October to December 2022 (4,416) and a 26% increase from January to March 2022 (3,773). This quarter saw the highest number of referrals since the NRM began.