Written Question·Home Office·UIN 110621

Community Protection Notices: Children

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 12 February 2026

Question

Sam Carling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the merits of allowing police to issue Community Protection Warnings and Notices to 10-16 year-olds.

Answer

Sarah Jones

Breach of a CPN is a criminal offence. Lowering the age that someone can receive a CPN from 16 to 10 years old risks putting young people into the criminal justice system.While early and informal prevention-based approaches should generally be the first s...

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