“What assessment she has made of the reasons for the finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's UK Poverty 2022 report that child poverty in families with more than two children increased from 33 per cent to 47 per cent between 2012-13 and 2019-20.”
Asked by
Kate Osborne
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
The grooming and sexual exploitation of young girls in this country is nothing short of sickening, and the Government are doing everything in our power to secure justice for the victims and protect children from further harm. The Crown Prosecution Service has significantly increased prosecutions for child sex offences and recently secured convictions against three offenders for truly hideous crimes going back to 1999.