Angie Bray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angie Bray on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, how many of those referred were (a) men and (b) women; what steps are taken to ensure that after victims leave the shelter into which they have been placed by the Salvation Army they are not re-trafficked and do not contact their former traffickers; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley

The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in
which they were found (answer 30 April 2014 refers) was not withheld and is
provided in a table below.

The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any
form of formal contact with victims after the recovery and reflection period.
All support providers work with victims throughout their support period to help
them move on from the service. Through the National Referral Mechanism review
and the re-tender of the adult victims care contract, we are looking at what
more we can do to help victims recover and reintegrate effectively.

The table below contains the requested details of the 126 referrals in February
2014.