Research and analysis

An assessment of Independent Child Trafficking Guardians: data tables (accessible version)

Updated 6 January 2022

Please note: throughout the document, numbers lower than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with ‘*’, where it was deemed necessary to protect confidentiality. Where suppressed numbers could still be calculated by looking at numbers in the ‘total’ row, ‘total’ numbers are calculated with the suppressed value(s) excluded.

Background and local context

Table A1 (a): Number of children referred to RPC caseloads by quarter, October 2018 to December 2019†

Year	Quarter	Greater Manchester	Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	Wales	East Midlands	West Midlands	Croydon	Unknown	Total
2018	Q4	*	0	*	0	*	0	0	6
2019	Q1	12	0	18	*	*	0	0	36
2019	Q2	14	0	10	19	16	0	1	60
2019	Q3	9	*	7	26	14	0	0	56**
2019	Q4	*	0	12	14	5	0	0	31**
Total		42	*	47**	59**	40	0	1	193

Table A1 (b): Number of children referred to Direct Worker caseloads by quarter, February 2017 to December 2019†

Year	Quarter	Greater Manchester	Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	Wales	East Midlands	West Midlands	Croydon	Unknown	Total
2017	Q1 (February-March only)	5	12	13	0	0	0	0	30
2017	Q2	10	31	26	0	0	0	1	68
2017	Q3	26	21	20	0	0	0	1	68
2017	Q4	15	12	19	0	0	0	0	46
2018	Q1	16	13	20	0	0	0	0	49
2018	Q2	21	22	23	0	0	0	2	68
2018	Q3	23	14	22	0	0	0	0	59
2018	Q4	27	7	18	0	17	0	1	70
2019	Q1	9	*	12	*	13	0	0	40
2019	Q2	9	8	10	7	17	*	1	55
2019	Q3	12	14	*	12	17	13	0	68**
2019	Q4	38	*	8	*	20	6	5	84
Total		211	154**	191**	27	84	19**	11	708

**Total excluding suppressed value.

†RPC data begins from October 2018 as this is when the first RPC case was recorded. Direct Worker data begins from February 2017 as this is when the first Direct Worker case was recorded.

Table A2: Number of children on RPC caseloads† by quarter, October 2018 to December 2019

Year	Quarter	East Midlands	Greater Manchester	Hampshire & IoW	Wales	West Midlands	Unknown
2018	Q4	0	*	0	*	*	0
2019	Q1	*	16	0	19	5	0
2019	Q2	21	29	0	29	21	1
2019	Q3	47	37	*	36	35	1
2019	Q4	58	33	0	48	34	0
Total		126**	115**	*	132**	95**	2

**Total excluding suppressed value.

†The children on RPC caseloads are all of the children that have previously been referred to RPC caseloads and who have not yet, as of the quarter shown, had their case closed.

Table A3: Estimated number of children with figure of parental responsibility in ICTG sites, October 2019 to December 2019†

Year	Quarter	Number of NRM referrals in ICTG sites	Number of children on Direct Worker caseloads	Estimated number of children with figure of parental responsibility within ICTG sites
2018	Q4	280	70	210
2019	Q1	278	40	238
2019	Q2	310	55	255
2019	Q3	379	71	308
2019	Q4	373	84	289
Total		1620	320	1300

†Barnardo’s only collects management information on children who have been specifically supported by RPCs through help and advice to the front-line staff who are in direct contact with the child. Because of this, an exact number of children with a figure of parental responsibility within ICTG sites cannot be determined. The above table provides an estimate of this number, and is drawn from both ICTG and National Referral Mechanism data. It takes the total number of potential child victims of modern slavery that have been referred into the NRM within ICTG sites, and subtracts the number of children on Direct Worker caseloads (who therefore are assumed not to have a figure of parental responsibility). The NRM data is accurate as of 10.02.2020.

Table A4(a): Primary exploitation type of children on RPC caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	Child criminal exploitation (CCE)	Child sexual exploitation (CSE)	Labour exploitation	Domestic servitude	Unknown
Greater Manchester	35	5	0	0	*
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	*	0	0	0	0
Wales	27	20	0	0	*
East Midlands	49	11	*	0	0
West Midlands	29	10	0	0	*
Croydon	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0
Total	141**	46	*	0	*

Table A4(b): Primary exploitation type of children on Direct Worker caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	Child criminal exploitation (CCE)	Child sexual exploitation (CSE)	Labour exploitation	Domestic servitude	Unknown
Greater Manchester	33	10	16	6	30
Wales	14	*	18	*	14
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	5	*	25	*	*
East Midlands	*	*	16	0	*
West Midlands	26	6	36	9	7
Croydon	9	*	8	*	*
Unknown	0	1	1	0	5
Total	87**	29	120	15**	62

**Total excluding suppressed value(s).

Table A5(a): Gender of children on RPC caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	Female	Male
Greater Manchester	7	35
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	0	*
Wales	22	26
East Midlands	16	45
West Midlands	12	28
Croydon	0	0
Unknown	0	1
Total	57	135**

Table A5(b): Gender of children on Direct Worker caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	Female	Male
Greater Manchester	29	66
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	*	32
Wales	14	37
East Midlands	11	16
West Midlands	15	69
Croydon	*	21
Unknown	5	2
Total	77	243

**Total excluding suppressed value.

Table A6(a): Age of children on RPC caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	0-13	14	15	16	17	18
Greater Manchester	*	5	8	9	13	5
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	0	0	0	0	*	0
Wales	6	6	8	10	15	*
East Midlands	*	*	11	16	21	8
West Midlands	*	*	6	13	15	*
Croydon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	12	16	33	48	65**	18

Table A6(b): Age of children on Direct Worker caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

ICTG site	0-13	14	15	16	17	18
Greater Manchester	21	14	15	26	19	0
Hamphire and the Isle of Wight	*	*	*	15	11	0
Wales	6	5	14	13	13	0
East Midlands	0	*	7	10	8	0
West Midlands	7	*	14	35	23	*
Croydon	0	*	7	7	7	0
Unknown	3	1	0	1	2	0
Total	37**	28	57**	107	83	*

**Total excluding suppressed value.

Table A7(a): Nationality of children on RPC caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019†

Nationality	Number of children
United Kingdom	174
Somalia	*
Pakistan	*
Slovakia	*
Yemen	*
Jamaica	*
Gambia	*
Romania	*
Holland	*
Romanian	*
Latvia	*
Italy	*
Lithuania	*
Ireland	*
Cameroon	*
Spain	*
Total	193

†Nationality data has not been broken down by ICTG site in order to protect confidentiality, as it resulted in small numbers.

Table A7(b): Nationality of children on Direct Worker caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019†

Nationality	Number of children
Vietnam	56
Sudan	40
United Kingdom	38
Albania	30
Gambia	23
Afghanistan	22
Romania	19
Ghana	17
Eritrea	13
Iraq	10
Iran	6
Democratic Republic of Congo	*
Spain	*
Czech Republic	*
Nigeria	*
Hungary	*
Somalia	*
Bulgaria	*
Kurdistan	*
Ethiopia	*
Pakistan	*
Kuwait	*
Belgium	*
Guinea Bissau	*
Namibia	*
Netherlands	*
Tunisia	*
India	*
Morocco	*
France	*
Ivory Coast	*
Poland	*
Tanzania	*
Portugal	*
Uganda	*
Guinea	*
Slovakia	*
Zimbabwe	*
Ireland	*
South Africa	*
Unknown	*
Total	320

Table A8(a): Exploitation type and gender of children on RPC caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

Primary exploitation type	Female	Male
Criminal exploitation	11	131
Labour exploitation	0	*
Sexual exploitation	44	*
Unknown	*	*
Total	55**	136

Table A8(b): Exploitation type and gender of children on Direct Worker caseloads, October 2018 to December 2019

Primary exploitation type	Female	Male
Criminal exploitation	6	85
Domestic servitude	10	8
Labour exploitation	14	106
Sexual exploitation	25	*
Unknown	22	40
Total	77	239**

**Total excluding suppressed value.

Delivery of the RPC role

Table B1(a): Who RPCs contacted† about children on their caseloads, April to December 2019

Individual contacted	Number of times contacted
Social worker	1327
ICTG service professional††	633
Youth Offending Team worker	521
Police	403
National Referral Mechanism worker	404
Multiple professionals	369
Youth worker	27
Other Barnardo’s services	49
Criminal solicitor	46
Other NGOs/Charities	35
Residential worker	15
Education worker	9
Health worker	4
Immigration solicitor	3
Border Force	2
Court Advisor	1
Foster carer	1
Housing worker	1
Parent	2
Community care solicitor	0
Family member	0
Immigration worker	0
Total	3852

†’Contact’ is defined as an interaction between an RPC and another professional on behalf of a child, whether through in-person meetings, email, letters, or by phone (including calls, messages and video calls).

††’ICTG service professional’ includes both Direct Workers and Service Managers.

Table B1(b): Subject of contact† RPCs had on behalf of children on their caseloads, April to December 2019

Reason for contact	Number of times reason was recorded
NRM support	1444
Safeguarding	904
Social Care	641
Criminal Justice	330
Child safety	254
Supervision Case Discussion	176
Relationship Building	69
Missing Work	37
Health	12
Education	9
Return Interview (after missing)	6
Immigration	5
Unspecified reason	424
Total	4311†††

†††Contact between an RPC and third party can have more than one reason recorded within the data. As such, the number of times reasons were recorded does not reflect the number of times an RPC and professional had contact. Also, while the data records the main purposes of meetings between RPCs and other professionals, in reality a range of other topics may be covered during each point of contact.	

Outcomes of the RPC role

Table C1: Ratio of children to Direct Workers, and average number of meetings a child had with a Direct Worker, per month, January 2018 to December 2019

Month	Ratio of children to ICTG DWs	Average number of meetings with children (old adopter sites)
Jan-18	16.5	0.6
Feb-18	17.9	0.5
Mar-18	18.4	0.3
Apr-18	21	0.3
May-18	22.9	0.4
Jun-18	19	0.3
Jul-18	21.5	0.5
Aug-18	22.1	0.3
Sep-18	20.6	0.3
Oct-18	16.1	0.4
Nov-18	19	0.3
Dec-18	18	0.2
Jan-19	18.1	0.3
Feb-19	No data†
Mar-19
Apr-19	2.4	2.4
May-19	2.9	2.4
Jun-19	3.6	1.7
Jul-19	5.1	3.4
Aug-19	5.9	2.4
Sep-19	6.5	1.6
Oct-19	7.6	2.4
Nov-19	11	1.8
Dec-19	11.5	1.4

†Data for February and March 2019 was not collected as children were transitioned in-month between Direct Workers and RPCs. As such, it would be difficult to distinguish the outcomes of a child, as their transition would have included both direct work and RPC work during this time. The ICTG service concentrated on safely transitioning children between the two elements of the service.

Table C2(a): Proportion of positive and negative conclusive grounds decisions made, ICTG sites compared to the rest of the UK, March 2018 to January 2019 compared to February to December 2019

NRM decision made	ICTG Sites: 10 months from March 18 - Jan 19	ICTG Sites: 10 months from Feb 19-Dec 19	Rest of the UK: 10 months from March 18 - Jan 19	Rest of the UK: 10 months from Feb 19-Dec 19
Positive conclusive grounds decision	80%	86%	72%	82%
Negative conclusive grounds decision	20%	14%	28%	18%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%

Table C2(b): Propotion of positive and negative reasonable grounds decisions made, ICTG sites compared to the rest of the UK, March 2018 to January 2019 compared to February to December 2019

NRM decision made	ICTG Sites: 10 months from March 18 - Jan 19	ICTG Sites: 10 months from Feb 19-Dec 19	Rest of the UK: 10 months from March 18 - Jan 19	Rest of the UK: 10 months from Feb 19-Dec 19
Positive reasonable grounds decision	77%	92%	81%	90%
Negative reasonable grounds decision	23%	8%	19%	10%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%