Official Statistics

NRM cases awaiting a conclusive grounds decision: Feb 2026

Statistics on the number of cases referred to the national referral mechanism (NRM) awaiting a conclusive grounds decision.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 12 March 2026
• Last updated: 17 March 2026
  Show all updates

  1. 17 March 2026

     Updated to the next quarterly release to state it will be published on 14 May 2026.

  2. 12 March 2026

     First published.

Documents

Modern Slavery: NRM cases awaiting a conclusive grounds decision, February 2026

HTML

Pre-release access list for Modern Slavery: NRM cases awaiting a conclusive grounds decision, February 2026

HTML

Details

Potential victims of modern slavery in the UK that come to the attention of authorised ‘first responder’ organisations are referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). Authorised ‘first responder’ organisations include local authorities, specified non-governmental organisations (NGOs), police forces and specified government agencies.