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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1342269/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">In May 2021, the National County Lines Coordination Centre published the latest County Lines strategic assessment. The assessment found that county lines continue to be at the forefront of drug supply nationally and have evolved in response to environmental changes.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The county lines business model remains heavily weighted towards the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. NCLCC\u2019s latest assessment indicates that there has been a reduction in the total number of potentially active deal lines, with numbers reported to have fallen from between 800-1,100 in 2019/20 to 600 in 2020/21.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">We continue to work with partners to address the underlying drivers of exploitation and ensure support and protection is in place for children exploited through county lines criminality. Wehave funded specialist support for victims of county lines exploitation to deliver one-to-one support to under 25s and their families in the three largest county lines exporting force areas<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">This Government is also delivering a range of initiatives to tackle youth violence including investing over £105.5 million from 2019 to 2022, (VRUs). The Home Office also works closely with the Department for Education to tackle youth violence.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">We will continue to use data on rates of drug use to monitor trends and inform the Government\u2019s approach to addressing drugs and drug harms\u2019.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The Government acknowledges the strength of feeling on juvenile CHIS, however, we must recognise that some juveniles are involved in serious crimes, as perpetrators and victims. In some circumstances a young person may have unique access to information or intelligence that could play a vital part in preventing or detecting serious offences.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">Young people are only authorised as CHIS in rare circumstances. Between January 2015 and December 2018, there were only 17 instances where law enforcement bodies deployed those under 18 years old as CHIS, and their participation in criminal conduct is rarer still.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 includes a commitment on the face of the legislation that young people will only be authorised to undertake criminal conduct in exceptional circumstances.<\/del><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">In May 2021, the National County Lines Coordination Centre published the latest County Lines strategic assessment. The assessment found that county lines continue to be at the forefront of drug supply nationally and have evolved in response to environmental changes. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The county lines business model remains heavily weighted towards the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. NCLCC\u2019s latest assessment indicates that there has been a reduction in the total number of potentially active deal lines, with numbers reported to have fallen from between 800-1,100 in 2019/20 to 600 in 2020/21. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We continue to work with partners to address the underlying drivers of exploitation and ensure support and protection is in place for children exploited through county lines criminality. We have funded specialist support for victims of county lines exploitation to deliver one-to-one support to under 25s and their families in the three largest county lines exporting force areas<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">This Government is also delivering a range of initiatives to tackle youth violence including investing over £105.5 million in Violence Reduction Units from 2019 to 2022. The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education to tackle youth violence.<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We will continue to use data on rates of drug use to monitor trends and inform the Government\u2019s approach to addressing drugs and drug harms.<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The Government acknowledges the strength of feeling on juvenile CHIS, however, we must recognise that some juveniles are involved in serious crimes, as perpetrators and victims. In some circumstances a young person may have unique access to information or intelligence that could play a vital part in preventing or detecting serious offences. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Young people are only authorised as CHIS in rare circumstances. Between January 2015 and December 2018, there were only 17 instances where law enforcement bodies deployed those under 18 years old as CHIS, and their participation in criminal conduct is rarer still. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 includes a commitment on the face of the legislation that young people will only be authorised to undertake criminal conduct in exceptional circumstances. <\/ins><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2021 to Question 14126 and with reference to the findings of the Dame Carol Black review of drugs: phase one report, what assessment has been made of the effect of county line closures and drugs seized on (a) drug availability or rates of drug use, (b) potency, (c) price and (d) new trends including local recruitment of children and children being missing for longer periods in adaption to police activity and covid-19; what Government national leadership and oversight on the implementation of a public health approaches to youth violence has taken place; how the Department for Education is involved with that oversight; what assessment she has made of the ethical implications of state use of children to be used as a covert human intelligence source as detailed in The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill; and whether a Child Rights impact assessment has been undertaken in relation to that proposed policy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/104", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Crispin Blunt"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1304558/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">The Home Office is currently considering a response to this question and will respond shortly.<\/del><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The Government recognises the devastating impact of county lines activity on children and vulnerable people.<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We are determined to disrupt these ruthless gangs and put an end to exploitation. In January we announced £40 million of new money to tackle county lines and drugs supply in the financial year 2021/22. This will bring the total invested in tackling this threat to £65 million since November 2019.<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Through our £25m county lines programme we have already seen 3,400 people arrested, more than 550 lines closed and more than 770 vulnerable people safeguarded. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We are also investing £105.5m into 18 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) until March 2022 to tackle the root causes of serious violence via a whole system approach which can include activity to prevent and support victims of county lines.<\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Thames Valley VRU, backed by £3.48m investment to develop and sustain their VRU in reducing serious violence, are also targeting and supporting victims of county lines. For example, Thames Valley have established an enhanced information sharing network, which shares information on young people that might be at risk of county lines with specialist departments. The VRU can then provide support for those young people by introducing early intervention strategies embedded within the trauma informed approach. <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">In addition, we have extended the specialist support available for those affected by county lines exploitation and we continue to fund Missing People\u2019s SafeCall service which provides confidential, specialist advice and support to young people and their families/carers who are affected by county lines exploitation anywhere in England and Wales.<\/ins><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to protect vulnerable children from county lines drugs networks in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1140840/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">It is important that the police and local agencies have the powers they need to tackle local issues quickly and effectively. That is why we reformed the tools and powers available to tackle Anti-Social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.<\/del><del class=\"ministerial\">In 2019/20 Lancashire Police are receiving £285.1 million of funding, an increase of £18.4 million, on 2018/19. Funding for 2020-21 for individual forces will be announced as part of the provisional police settlement later this year. Decisions about the allocation of police resources are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners, who are best placed to meet the needs of their local community.<\/del><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The police and Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) are responsible for charging decisions with regards to county lines related criminality. The key is that prosecutions are brought, and the charges should cover the full range of criminality involved including Modern Slavery offences.We are working with the police and the CPS to take full advantage of powers in the Modern Slavery Act when making charging decisions against county line gang members. The CPS have issued an overview of the approach to be taken in criminal investigations and prosecutions linked to \u2018county lines\u2019 offending, with a particular focus on the relevance of the Modern Slavery Act.<\/ins><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people involved in the criminal exploitation of vulnerable young people in county lines operations have been charged with modern slavery offences.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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