Written Question·Home Office·UIN 26903

Drugs: Organised Crime

Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to reduce the exploitation of children in county lines drug trafficking.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
A crucial part of our Safer Streets mission is tackling the gangs that entice children and young people into crime. That includes those who run county lines through violence and exploitation.An estimated 14,000 children are identified as at risk or involv...
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