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1699947

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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2024 to Question 17274 on Offences against Children, on what evidential basis the National Crime Agency has stated that the number of child sex offenders in the UK is between 550,000 and 800,000.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	20851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency publishes an overview of the Child Sexual Abuse threat annually as part of the National Strategic Assessment. This includes an estimate of the number of UK based adult offenders who pose varying degrees of risk to children. An explanation of the CSA Scale Methodology has been <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/images/campaign/CSA_Scale_Methodology_2023.pdf" target="_blank">published as an Annex</a> to the National Strategic Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 17/04/2024 14:20:33 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1695009

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 12789 on Offences against Children, what steps is he taking to incorporate paragraph 35 of General Comment 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to allow the (a) police and (b) other public authorities to investigate child welfare and safeguarding when an individual is suspected of a violent animal welfare offence.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	17853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We believe our existing domestic legislation gives effect to the rights within the UNCRC, without the need for it to be incorporated through an additional Bill. For example, the Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004 sets out a range of duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 14/03/2024 17:55:14 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1694270

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of serious child abuse offences committed in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	17274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The term child abuse covers a broad range of offences including, but not limited to, sexual offences, violence against the person and cruelty and neglect. It is not possible to identify all child abuse offences recorded in official data.</p><p>In January 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published experimental analysis which looked at a range of indicators from different data sources to enable understanding of child abuse. This report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/childabuseinenglandandwales/january2020" target="_blank">Child abuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>As the Home Secretary stated in his written statement of 10 January 2024, we are working with the ONS to explore whether a new survey could more effectively measure the current scale and nature of child abuse and neglect, including child sexual abuse. The ONS is currently developing the questionnaire and safeguarding procedures for the proposed survey, which will then be piloted.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 13/03/2024 17:53:11 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1693303

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider the potential merits of implementing a method for members of the public to report directly and anonymously suspected child exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019, The Home Office has provided £3.9m to the Children’s Society’s Prevention Programme, which drives targeted action to respond to exploitation. The programme has reached over 56,000 people and works with 35 police force areas on the #LookCloser campaign delivered in partnership between The Children’s Society, the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) and the British Transport Police (BTP). The #LookCloser campaign’s focus is on improving public and business sector awareness of exploitation and abuse, and everyone’s role in spotting and reporting concerns.</p><p>The Government is also acting quickly to implement mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England, which introduces a new legal requirement for those in roles with responsibility for children to speak out when a child is being sexually abused. Following the conclusion of a call for evidence over the Summer, and a public consultation, the Government announced it will introduce mandatory reporting via amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill. The Government has listened to the voices of victims and survivors and will deliver deep-rooted change to ensure children are never again so badly let down by the very institutions that should have protected them.</p><p>If anyone has any concerns that a child is being exploited, the government strongly encourages them to report those concerns to the police or to contact the children’s social care team at their local council. Members of the public can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, NSPCC Helpline or ChildLine to discuss their concerns and get confidential advice.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 16750 question first answered 11/03/2024 12:57:15 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1693304

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps members of the public can take to report suspected cases of child exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019, The Home Office has provided £3.9m to the Children’s Society’s Prevention Programme, which drives targeted action to respond to exploitation. The programme has reached over 56,000 people and works with 35 police force areas on the #LookCloser campaign delivered in partnership between The Children’s Society, the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) and the British Transport Police (BTP). The #LookCloser campaign’s focus is on improving public and business sector awareness of exploitation and abuse, and everyone’s role in spotting and reporting concerns.</p><p>The Government is also acting quickly to implement mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England, which introduces a new legal requirement for those in roles with responsibility for children to speak out when a child is being sexually abused. Following the conclusion of a call for evidence over the Summer, and a public consultation, the Government announced it will introduce mandatory reporting via amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill. The Government has listened to the voices of victims and survivors and will deliver deep-rooted change to ensure children are never again so badly let down by the very institutions that should have protected them.</p><p>If anyone has any concerns that a child is being exploited, the government strongly encourages them to report those concerns to the police or to contact the children’s social care team at their local council. Members of the public can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, NSPCC Helpline or ChildLine to discuss their concerns and get confidential advice.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 16749 question first answered 11/03/2024 12:57:15 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham