PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Human Trafficking: Hertfordshire (17 January 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of human trafficking in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hertsmere constituency.
Asked by:
Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Answer
The National Crime Agency regularly publishes statistics relating to the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism, broken down by police force area. These can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics. The Home Office has not made an assessment of the prevalence of human trafficking and modern slavery in Hertfordshire or the Hertsmere constituency.
Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
25 January 2017
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