To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries were made to the NSPCC Modern Slavery Helpline during August 2014; and how many of those calls were from (a) frontline professionals, (b) members of the public and (c) potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
17 October 2014
In August 2014, the Modern Slavery Helpline received 269 contacts in relation to 430 potential victims. Of the 269 contacts, 114 were from members of the public, one was from a child, one was from a relative and there were 21 contacts from potential victims. The remaining 132 were recorded as other.
Of those 269 contacts, the individual was provided with advice or directed to a source of advice in 121 cases.
The table below sets out the estimated age of the 430 potential victims reported to the helpline:
Age range* Total
1-15 - 20
16-25 - 31
26-35 - 34
36-45 - 13
46-55 - 14
56-65 - 2
Unknown - 316
Total = 430
*Age has been recorded only when a definite age number has been provided. Where the age range has been given for a large group of potential victims, it
has been included in the ‘unknown’ category.