Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 18 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 April 2024 (named day). It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office: Vivastreet

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, how many times officials from her Department met representatives of Vivastreet (a) online and (b) in person in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.

Answer

Home Office officials and law enforcement partners maintain a collaborative working relationship with many online companies, including adult service websites, to identify and put in place initiatives to reduce harms on their sites.

Since 2023, Home Office officials have met with representatives of Vivastreet online, on the following occasions during each calendar year:

Year	Meetings
2023	4
2024	1
Total	5

We committed to working with adult service websites to explore a set of voluntary principles to counter exploitation on their sites, in the Violence Against Woman and Girls Strategy published in July 2021. The principles will encourage adult service websites to take reasonable and practical steps to prevent modern slavery and exploitation on their platforms and work collaboratively with law enforcement.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 22532
Session: 2023-24
Related items: Home Office: Vivastreet
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
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Monday, 29 April 2024
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Subjects: Home Office Vivastreet
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Home Office: Vivastreet

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