Baroness Williams of Trafford corrected a written answer on Slavery: Children

1 November 2018 · Lords written answer · Home Office

Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative, Life peer) asked written question HL10891 on 22 October 2018. Baroness Williams of Trafford answered on 31 October 2018 for the Home Office, and Baroness Williams of Trafford corrected the answer on 1 November 2018. The corrected text no longer gives the figures £280m, £460m. Altogether 204 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed drop-in centres intended to offer support to victims of modern slavery after a positive conclusive grounds decision will be available to young people who entered the National Referral Mechanism as children but have since turned 18 years old.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~We have provided a comprehensive funding settlement that enables police forces~~ to ~~carry out their important work~~ and meet their financial obligations, including national insurance contributions. In 2018/19 we increased total investment in the ~~police system~~ by ~~over £460m.~~ This includes ~~£280m~~ in ~~force funding from increases in Council Tax precept income.~~	From January 2017 to January 2018, 12 children exited the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service because they turned 18. The data collected by the Home Office is anonymised for evaluation purposes. It is therefore not possible to cross-reference this with decision-making data from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). More information on the ICTA service and children who exited support can be found in the Interim Report published by the Home Office in July, and the accompanying data tables on Gov.UK . On turning 18, any young person who is awaiting an NRM decision, becomes eligible for support from The Salvation Army through the Victim Care Contract. This includes outreach and accommodation support where necessary. We are currently preparing to retender this contact which will be operational from 1 April 2020 and will include drop in services for up to 6 months post-conclusive grounds decision. It is part of the ICTA’s role to ensure they effectively transition children turning 18 into appropriate support upon leaving the ICTA service.

Original

Corrected

~~We have provided a comprehensive funding settlement that enables police forces~~ to ~~carry out their important work~~ and meet their financial obligations, including national insurance contributions.
In 2018/19 we increased total investment in the ~~police system~~ by ~~over £460m.~~ This includes ~~£280m~~ in ~~force funding from increases in Council Tax precept income.~~

From January 2017 to January 2018, 12 children exited the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service because they turned 18. The data collected by the Home Office is anonymised for evaluation purposes. It is therefore not possible to cross-reference this with decision-making data from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). More information on the ICTA service and children who exited support can be found in the Interim Report published by the Home Office in July, and the accompanying data tables on Gov.UK .
On turning 18, any young person who is awaiting an NRM decision, becomes eligible for support from The Salvation Army through the Victim Care Contract. This includes outreach and accommodation support where necessary. We are currently preparing to retender this contact which will be operational from 1 April 2020 and will include drop in services for up to 6 months post-conclusive grounds decision. It is part of the ICTA’s role to ensure they effectively transition children turning 18 into appropriate support upon leaving the ICTA service.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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