For the six month period January to June 2023 please provide the following information:
The number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals made by your local authority as First Responder relating to reported ‘criminal exploitation’ broken down by age, gender and nationality of the potential victim.
The number of NRM referrals made by your local authority flagged as ‘county lines’
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) in mainstream school, (ii) in alternative provision at the time of referral For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many had been (i) persistently absent from school or (ii) severely absent from school in the 12 months prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) a ‘looked after’ child or (ii) a child in need prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for adults aged 18 years and above, how many have (i) had their care and support needs assessed and (ii) been provided with support under a support plan under the Care Act 2014.
We do not hold a central record of NRM referrals made by children’s social care. To extract this information would therefore require a review of all children’s social care files currently held by Devon County Council. This would take longer than the appropriate limit of 18 hours and we are therefore not obliged to provide this information pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.