Written Question·Home Office·UIN 86336

Offences against Children

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will provide guidance to statutory safeguarding partners on (a) recognising and (b) responding to the grooming and exploitation of 13 to 16-year-olds.

Answer

Jess Phillips
The Government is committed to protecting and safeguarding all children and working to strengthen our response to identify and combat all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse and grooming....

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