Written Question·Home Office·UIN 88610

Offences against Children: Crime Prevention

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of criminal child abuse.

Answer

Jess Phillips

Tackling child criminal exploitation is an important strand of our mission to halve knife crime by reducing the risk of children being drawn into criminality and violence.Through the County Lines Programme, we are targeting exploitative drug dealing gangs...

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