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<p>This Government is committed to taking action to address this issue, and as a result
of the work we have been doing, in March we announced that we will launch a public
consultation by the summer recess on whether there should be a new offence of public
sexual harassment.</p><p>We are also taking several non-legislative actions. In September
2021 we launched the pilot of the new StreetSafe tool, which allows people to show
on a map places where they have felt unsafe, enabling the police to take action to
improve safety. More than 15,000 reports have been submitted to date.</p><p>Last December,
the College of Policing published new guidance for police showing what they can do
when they receive a report of public sexual harassment, including the criminal offences
available and other protective tools which can be used. Furthermore, the Home Office
launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign in March, which challenges public attitudes
and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment and aims to ensure victims
know how and where to report it.</p>
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