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  "Referrals of potential victims to the National Referral Mechanism by first responders, by the quarter they were made, as Table 1 gives them, with the competent authority that decides each case: the Single Competent Authority (and its predecessors) and, since 8 November 2021, the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority. Reports to the Duty to Notify, of adults who do not consent to a referral, are not included: the Home Office advises against adding the two, since one person may be in both.",
  "The Home Office takes the figures from live case management systems, so each release can revise earlier quarters, and it advises caution with figures before 2014. The hub shows every quarter from the latest release."
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