Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114660
Exploitation: Children
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Jessica Toale
Labour — Bournemouth West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the criminalisation of children who are victims of exploitation.
Answer
Sarah JonesChildren and young people, particularly those exploited by county lines gangs, are often used to carry out criminal activity. That is why the Government is introducing a new offence of child criminal exploitation and new civil preventative orders to targe...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 114660) →