Question follow-through · 44064

Offences against Children: Guinea-Bissau and Portugal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from (a) Guinea-Bissau and (b) Portugal have been referred to the national referral mechanism in each year since its start.

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Home Office
Tabled
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from (a) Guinea-Bissau and (b) Portugal have been referred to the national referral mechanism in each year since its start.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not hold or publish data on the number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals received for individuals on a constituency level.The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the NRM including the nationali...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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