If the potential victim is under 18, or may be under 18, an NRM referral must be made – children cannot be referred in using a DtN referral. Child victims do not have to consent to be referred into the NRM and must first be safeguarded and then referred into the NRM process. 2.2 Adults and consent additional information about the case becomes available that would be material to the outcome of a case

RICS professional standards and guidance RICS guidance notes Definition and scope RICS guidance notes set out good practice for RICS members and for firms that are regulated by RICS. An RICS guidance note is a professional or personal standard for the purposes of RICS Rules of Conduct. Guidance notes constitute areas of professional, behavioural competence and/or good practice. RICS recognises that there may be exceptional circumstances in which it is appropriate for a member to depart from these provisions – in such situations RICS may require the member to justify their decisions and actions. Application of these provisions in legal or disciplinary proceedings In regulatory or disciplinary proceedings, RICS will take account of relevant guidance notes in deciding whether a member acted professionally, appropriately and with reasonable competence. It is also likely that during any legal proceedings a judge, adjudicator or equivalent will take RICS guidance notes into account. RICS recognises that there may be legislative requirements or regional, national or international standards that take precedence over an RICS guidance note. IP2 NRM 2: DETAILED MEASUREMENT FOR BUILDING WORKS Note(s): County lines referrals were classified as a sub-type of labour exploitation prior to quarter 2019. Since January 2020, a ‘flag’ within the NRM digital casework system identifies county lines referrals. 2.4 Referrals by nationality Since January 2020, a ‘flag’ within the NRM digital casework system identifies county lines referrals. This guidance explains how first responders should complete the referral form before it is considered by the relevant competent authority within the Home Office. 2. NRM referral or a Duty to Notify referral ( DtN)

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RICS GUIDANCE NOTE New rules of measurement Detailed measurement for building works 2nd edition UK October 2021 The online referral should only be completed for adults when a member of staff from a designated first responder organisation suspects someone is a victim of modern slavery ( see section 8) and where the adult concerned has understood the implications of, and consented to, the referral. New rules of measurement (NRM) provides a standard set of measurement rules and essential guidance for the cost management of construction projects and maintenance works. If there are reasonable grounds, the case will be investigated in more detail before deciding if there are conclusive grounds. There is no obligation of confidentiality between the competent authorities and the victim, as this information has been received via a third party. The competent authorities are therefore entitled to process this information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation and refer this information to the police to support the detection and prevention of crime. The competent authorities do not require consent from the victim to do so. The intention is to do this in all cases referred into the NRM where there has not already been a police referral. 10. Police referral process for first responders / frontline workers

The primary development in recent years has been the publication of the International Cost Management Standard (ICMS) (formerly known as International Construction Measurement Standards). Together with the recent publication of the Cost prediction professional statement, there now exists a hierarchy of cost management standards and tools from the high-level and global ICMS, through the more detailed principles of all aspects of cost prediction in the professional statement, to the detailed rules and guidance in the NRM suite. re. the above and the fact that more people are moving into cities and towns (at least, that was a prediction in 2009 and is referred to in the talk - I wonder what the UK figures are?), I think there will be growth in the leisure sector including eating out (there is a huge demand for chefs, but I wonder if that relates to more complex factors than just growth in eating out but also to the fact that hours tend to be long and pay relatively low) As of 7 January 2022, the majority (80%; 10,214) of referrals made in 2021 are awaiting a conclusive grounds decision, having received a positive reasonable grounds decision. This is a result of the current time taken to make conclusive grounds decisions (data table 18). Of the remaining referrals made in 2021, 10% (1,303) received a negative decision (1,269 at reasonable grounds and 34 at conclusive grounds stage), whilst 5% received a positive conclusive grounds decision. 3.4 Duty to Notify SMM7 was the starting point for delivering NRM2 therefore it has numerous similarities with alterations made to improve its usability and assist with consistency across the industry. NRM2 uses tables of building components in the same way as SMM7 along with levels of complexity for each element with further details provided to assist the estimator.reasonable grounds and 1,517 conclusive grounds decisions were issued this quarter; of these, 88% of reasonable grounds and 91% of conclusive grounds decisions were positive

As of quarter 3 2021, several of the data tables published alongside this bulletin have been reformatted to reduce the number of tables whilst still providing the same data. Table 7 (number of NRM referrals by UK country of responsible police force and age group) which was provided in previous updates has been removed as this information is available in table 2. Tables 16 to 26 provided in previous updates (breaking down referrals received by police forces from England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland by nationality, exploitation type, first responder and age at exploitation) have been removed. This information is now available in tables 3 to 8. The information previously provided in tables 11 to 13 breaking down referrals for each first responder is now provided in tables 10 to 12. You’ll need to complete the online referral form which allows you to save and return to it if you are unable to complete it in one go. In quarter 3 2022, the Home Office received 1,160 reports of adult potential victims via the DtN process ( data table 24); Figure 10), compared to 1,126 in quarter 2 2022. The number for quarter 3 2022 is the highest ever recorded. Of these:

This statistical bulletin is produced to the highest professional standards and is free from political interference. It has been produced by statisticians working in the Home Office Analysis & Insight Directorate under the Home Office’s Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, which covers Home Office policy on revisions and other matters. The Chief Statistician, as Head of Profession, reports to the National Statistician regarding all professional statistical matters and oversees all Home Office National Statistics products regarding the Code, being responsible for their timing, content and methodology.

A mapping tool between NRM and ICMS will be provided here shortly, mapping the new NRM with ICMS 3, launched in November 2021. While NRM is based on UK practice, it provides a framework for a common set of rules and guidance with global application.

If further information about the case comes to light, this should be referred to the relevant competent authority: of referrals were for potential victims who claimed exploitation as adults and 43% (5,468) claimed exploitation as children The most common nationality referred was UK nationals, which accounted for 31% (3,952) of all potential victims (compared to 34% in 2020). The second most referred nationality was Albanian (20%; 2,511) and the third was Vietnamese (8%; 991). A large proportion (75%; 2,981) of UK nationals were child potential victims, whilst for Albanian nationals, most (81%; 2,046) were adult potential victims. For Vietnamese nationals, 64% (635) were adults and 27% (269) were child potential victims (Figure 6). Referrals for Albanian nationals increased as a percentage of all referrals this year, now accounting for 20% of all referrals, compared to 15% in 2020. There was also a notable increase in referrals for Eritrean nationals this year (712, 6%), compared to 359 (3%) in 2020. the most referred exploitation types were labour (498; 43%), not recorded or unknown (173; 15%) and sexual (162; 14%) ( data table 26)