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Written question asked by Sarah Champion (Labour) on Monday, 2 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 September 2019. It was answered by Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) on Friday, 6 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Children: Exploitation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children the Government plans to support through the Tackling Child Exploitation Support programme.

Answer

The Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme will include support for local safeguarding partners - the police, health and the local authority - to develop and deliver a strategic response to extra-familial harms and child exploitation. The police force(s) in any safeguarding partnership will be responsible for ensuring that any intelligence gathered during safeguarding activity in that area is used to disrupt organised crime gangs involved in grooming.

The Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme will not be focussing directly on individual children and young people - it has been contracted to provide support for partners in local areas with safeguarding responsibilities to develop their capability to provide a better safeguarding response for children in their area. There are many organisations already providing valuable support for direct practice with children and young people and the support programme will signpost local partners to them.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
284542
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Children Exploitation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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