4 August 2023
Period of support changed from 45 days to 30 days in section 6 of the guidance for England and Wales.
1 July 2023
Guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland has been updated: Youth Work Alliance (Northern Ireland) have been added as an approved first responder organisation from 1 July 2023.
20 June 2023
The support in England and Wales section of the privacy information notice has been updated.
19 May 2022
Updated 'National referral mechanism guidance: adult (England and Wales)' to add Refugee Council to the list of first responder organisations.
11 April 2022
Updated Women's Aid details in chapter 5 'Access to support' - changed name to 'Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid' and added email address.
1 April 2022
Amended the Northern Ireland and Scotland guidance to include two new first responder organisations in section 4, and to edit the types of victim supported by Women's Aid in section 5.
26 January 2022
Updated the national referral mechanism guidance for England and Wales. This includes updated contact details and an updated list of first responder organisations. Updated the national referral mechanism guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland. This includes updated contact details and the addition of a list of first responder organisations.
21 December 2021
Updated list of first responder organisations in 'National referral mechanism guidance: adult (England and Wales)'.
6 December 2021
Updated "Privacy information notice: national referral mechanism" to include information about a new competent authority, the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority.
2 November 2021
Accessible HTML version of 'Privacy information notice: national referral mechanism' added.
22 June 2021
Updated section 7 of 'National referral mechanism guidance: adult (England and Wales)', to reflect that Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTG) services have been expanded.
30 April 2021
Replaced the privacy notice with a new version.
19 April 2021
'GDPR' changed to 'UK GDPR'.
16 November 2020
Paper referral forms are no longer in use.
22 January 2020
Updated content on the Privacy information notice: national referral mechanism page.
28 November 2019
Changed summary text and description to reflect the introduction of the digital referral mechanism.
30 October 2019
Updated adult national referral mechanism guidance for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
23 August 2019
Updated announcement, as well as guidance and forms for adults in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to reflect recent reforms
24 May 2019
National referral mechanism guidance for adults updated to reflect change from UKVI and NCA competent authorities to the Single Competent Authority, changes to support and introduction of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates.
29 April 2019
The guidance and forms have been updated to reflect a change to the referral process.
11 June 2018
Updated NRM forms.
25 May 2018
Added privacy information notice for the national referral mechanism.
7 March 2018
Updated the National referral mechanism form: adult (England and Wales) document with a new version.
28 November 2017
Updated national referral mechanism forms for adults in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and Scotland.
17 October 2017
Referral process unchanged by announcement of future reforms to the NRM.
31 July 2017
Updated national referral mechanism forms for adults and children (Scotland and Northern Ireland).
21 July 2017
England and Wales forms updated.
31 May 2017
Updated address on forms for England and Wales.
12 September 2016
Updated forms and guidance published.
22 July 2016
Updated guidance on adults referrals (England and Wales) published.
13 June 2016
Updated forms for England and Wales published.
30 October 2015
Updated documents (NRM guidance: adult - England and Wales; NRM form: adult - England and Wales; and NRM form: child - England and Wales)
15 October 2015
Updated forms and guidance.
12 October 2015
New national referral mechanism (NRM) child forms for Scotland and Northern Ireland and England and Wales.
25 June 2014
Updated form and guidance.
10 April 2014
Updated document.
5 August 2010
First published.