Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in January 2014; in which (a) region, (b) county, (c) metropolitan district, (d) district council area, (e) city and (f) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to that Scheme; in which town the shelter to which such people were placed for the statutory period was; what continued contact is had with each such victim after they have exited the shelter to avoid re-trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
Karen Bradley
In January, 2014 there were 90 referrals to the Government-funded support
service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales
administered by the Salvation Army.
In order to ensure that victims cannot be identified, the tables below only
provide data at a regional level.
Nationality
Nationality |
Number of Referrals |
Albanian |
23 |
Bulgarian |
2 |
Cameroonian |
2 |
Czech |
3 |
Chinese |
1 |
Ethiopian |
1 |
Ghanaian |
2 |
Hungarian |
3 |
Indian |
2 |
Iranian |
1 |
Iraqi |
1 |
Kenyan |
2 |
Lithuanian |
4 |
Moroccan |
1 |
Nigerian |
10 |
Pakistani |
1 |
Polish |
3 |
Romanian |
8 |
Sierra Leonean |
1 |
Slovakian |
7 |
Sri Lankan |
1 |
Togolese |
1 |
Ugandan |
3 |
Vietnamese |
6 |
Not known |
1 |
Total |
90 |
Gender
Gender |
Number of Referrals |
Female |
59 |
Male |
31 |
Transgender |
0 |
Total |
90 |
Region where victim was found
Region |
Number of Referrals |
East |
4 |
East Midlands |
2 |
North East |
1 |
North East |
3 |
South |
28 |
South East |
11 |
South West |
5 |
Wales |
2 |
West Midlands |
12 |
Yorkshire |
19 |
Not Known |
3 |
Total |
90 |
Agency type that referred victims
Agency type |
Number of Referrals |
GLA |
1 |
Home Office |
27 |
Legal Representative |
5 |
Local Authority |
5 |
NGO |
18 |
Other |
5 |
Police |
25 |
Self Referral |
4 |
Total |
90 |
The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any form
of formal contact after the recovery and reflection period. However, some survivors do maintain informal contact with their support provider, but we do not have this information.