Modern Slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify statistics UK, End of year summary, 2024

Product Description

This 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 in 2024.

Key results

• 19,125 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office in 2024, representing a 13% increase compared to the preceding year (16,990)
• the number of referrals made in this year is the highest in a year since the NRM began, overtaking the record from the previous year
• 14,790 (77%) were sent to the Single Competent Authority (SCA) for consideration and 4,335 (23%) were sent to the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA)
• the most common nationalities referred this year were UK (23%; 4,441), Albanian (13%; 2,492) and Vietnamese (11%; 2,153)
• 20,090 reasonable grounds and 17,304 conclusive grounds decisions were made this year; of these, 53% of reasonable grounds and 56% of conclusive grounds decisions were positive
• the number of conclusive grounds decisions made was the highest in a year since the NRM began, representing a 78% increase compared to the preceding year
• there were 17,168 cases which have been issued a positive reasonable grounds decision and are awaiting a conclusive grounds decision, as of the end of 2024
• the Home Office received 5,598 reports of adult potential victims via the DtN process
• the number of DtN reports received this year is the highest in a year since the NRM began, overtaking the record from the previous year