Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 75778

Offences against Children

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 25 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that social workers receive specialist training to recognise signs of child sexual abuse connected to the production of online child pornography.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
It is vitally important that all professionals working with children, including social workers, can recognise and respond quickly to the signs of child sexual abuse.While local authorities and other employers are responsible for the professional developme...

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