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Report stage (second day). New clause 2, discussed with further new clauses and amendments and withdrawn. New clause 7 negatived on division (102 to 390). New clause 43 negatived on division (147 to 305). New clause 88 negatived on division (178 to 313). New clause 121 negatived on division (114 to 310). New clause 130 negatived on division (178 to 313). Further amendments made. Third reading agreed to on division (312 to 95). Bill passed.
Report stage (second day). New clause 2, discussed with further new clauses and amendments and withdrawn. New clause 7 negatived on division (102 to 390). New clause 43 negatived on division (147 to 305). New clause 88 negatived on division (178 to 313). New clause 121 negatived on division (114...
Programme (No. 2) motion agreed to on question. Report stage (first day). New clause 52 discussed with further amendments and new clauses and agreed to on question. New clauses 53-82 and New Schedules 1-3 agreed to. Clause 9, amendment 174 negatived on division (194 to 335). Clause 25, amendment 175 negatived on division (184 to 336). Clause 94, amendment 19 negatived on division (189 to 328). Clause 115, amendment 160 negatived on division (89 to 428). New clause 1 (Removal of women from the criminal law related to abortion), discussed with further new clauses and amendments and agreed to on division (379 to 137). New clause 106 negatived on division (117 to 379). Further amendments made. Bill to be further considered tomorrow.
Programme (No. 2) motion agreed to on question. Report stage (first day). New clause 52 discussed with further amendments and new clauses and agreed to on question. New clauses 53-82 and New Schedules 1-3 agreed to. Clause 9, amendment 174 negatived on division (194 to 335). Clause 25, amendment 175...
New clause 42 (Report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 43 (Travel abroad to support a proscribed organisation), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 44 (Individual preparation for mass casualty attack), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 46 (Seizure of vehicles by police: mopeds used for commercial purposes), debated and withdrawn. New clause 47 (National statutory inquiry into grooming gangs), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 48 (Annual statement on ethnicity of members of grooming gangs), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 49 (Publication of sex offender’s ethnicity data), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 50 (Removal of parental responsibility for individuals convicted of sexual offences against children), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 51 (Amendment of Possession of extreme pornographic images), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 52 (Child Murder Sentencing Guidelines), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 54 (Financial gain from child sexual exploitation and abuse), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 55 (Annual statement on employment status of sexual offenders), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 57 (Prohibition on sexual relationships between first cousins), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 58 (Amendment of the Police Act 1996), negatived on division (3 votes to 9). New clause 59 (The retention by the police of non-crime perception records), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 60 (Threshold for intentional harassment, alarm or distress), negatived on division (3 votes to 11). New clause 95 (Points on driving licence for littering out of a vehicle window), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 96 (Theft of tools from tradesmen), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 97 (Access to public funds for organisations supporting criminal conduct), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 98 (Enforcement plan for sale of stolen equipment at car boot sales), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 99 (Inspection of police force firearms licensing departments), negatived on division (5 votes to 11). Government new schedule 1 (Civil penalties for service providers and content managers) agreed to. Clause 131 agreed to. Clauses 132, 134 and 135 agreed to as amended. Clauses 133, 136 and 137 agreed to. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 235). Committee rose. Written evidence reported to the House.
New clause 42 (Report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 43 (Travel abroad to support a proscribed organisation), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 44 (Individual preparation for mass casualty attack), negatived on...
New clauses discussed. New clause 5 (Pornographic content: online harmful content) discussed with New clause 6 (Pornographic content: duty to verify age), New clause 7 (Pornographic content: duty to safeguard against illegal content), New clause 51 (Amendment of possession of extreme pornographic images). New clause 5 withdrawn. New clause 9 (CCTV on railway network) withdrawn. New clause 19 (Safeguards for the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces) withdrawn. New clause 12 (Domestic abuse aggravated offences) negatived on division (2 to 9). New clause 13 (Prevention of resale of stolen GPS products) discussed with New clause 27 (Fines for sale of stolen equipment), New clause 32 (Theft from farms), New clause 96 (Theft of tools from tradesmen) and New clause 98 (Enforcement plan for sale of stolen equipment at car boot sales). New clause 13 withdrawn. New clause 14 (Rural crime prevention strategy) negatived on division (6 to 9). New clause 15 (Neighbourhood Policing: minimum levels) negatived on division (2 to 9). New clause 16 (Neighbourhood Policing) negatived on division (2 to 9). New clause 17 (Offence of failing to meet pollution performance commitment levels) negatived on division (2 to 9). New clause 18 (Senior manager liability for failure to meet pollution performance commitment levels) negatived on division (2 to 9). New clause 22 (Duty to follow strategic priorities of Police and Crime plan) negatived on division (6 to 9). New clause 23 (Previous conduct as factor in deciding whether to investigate a complaint) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 24 (Points on driving licence for fly tipping) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 25 (Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third or subsequent shoplifting offence) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 26 (Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third assault of retail worker offence) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 27 (Fines for sale of stolen equipment) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 28 (Power to deport foreign nationals for possession of child sexual abuse images) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 29 (Annual report on police actions in areas with high levels of serious offences) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 30 (Seizure of motor vehicles: driving licence penalties) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 31 (Automatic dismissal of officers who fail vetting) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 32 (Theft from farms) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 33 (Defence to criminal damage) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 34 (Meaning of serious disruption to the life of the community) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 35 (Stop and search) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 36 (Removal of prohibition on entering a private dwelling to confiscate an off-road bike) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 37 (Power to seize vehicles driven without licence or insurance) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 38 (Police access to the UK tobacco track and trace system) negatived on division (6 to 9). New clause 39 (Duty to destroy seized off-road bikes) negatived on division (4 to 9). New clause 41 (Soliciting prostitution for rent offence) negatived on division (6 to 8). Committee adjourned. Written evidence reported to the House.
New clauses discussed. New clause 5 (Pornographic content: online harmful content) discussed with New clause 6 (Pornographic content: duty to verify age), New clause 7 (Pornographic content: duty to safeguard against illegal content), New clause 51 (Amendment of possession of extreme pornographic images). New clause 5 withdrawn. New clause 9...
Clauses 32 to 34 agreed to. Schedule 5 agreed to. Clause 35 agreed to. Clauses 36 and 37 agreed to, as amended. Clauses 38 to 40 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 41 agreed to, as amended. Committee adjourned.
Clauses 32 to 34 agreed to. Schedule 5 agreed to. Clause 35 agreed to. Clauses 36 and 37 agreed to, as amended. Clauses 38 to 40 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 41 agreed to, as amended. Committee adjourned.
Committee stage. Clause 16 discussed with government clauses, new clauses; new clause 25 (Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third or subsequent shoplifting offence) and new clause 8 (Definition of Child Exploitation) and new amendments. Clause 17, amendment 1 negatived on division (4 to 10). Clause 17, amendment 10 agreed to. Clause 17, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 18 to 31 agreed to. Schedule 4 agreed to. Written evidence reported to the House.
Committee stage. Clause 16 discussed with government clauses, new clauses; new clause 25 (Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third or subsequent shoplifting offence) and new clause 8 (Definition of Child Exploitation) and new amendments. Clause 17, amendment 1 negatived on division (4 to 10). Clause 17, amendment 10 agreed...
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence motion agreed to. Motion to sit in private agreed to. Examination of witnesses.
Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence motion agreed to. Motion to sit in private agreed to. Examination of witnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people who are victims of (a) controlling prostitution for gain, (b) causing or inciting prostitution for gain and (c) trafficking for sexual exploitation advertised for prostitution on adult services websites...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people who are victims of (a) controlling prostitution for gain, (b) causing or inciting prostitution for gain and (c) trafficking for sexual exploitation advertised for prostitution on adult services websites...
The Government keeps legislation under review to ensure it keeps pace with the evolving threat of crime.
Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is a strict liability offence. That means that, for the police to charge a case they need evidence that the suspect had paid for sexual services from an individual, and that that individual was subjected to force or control by another. They do not need to prove criminal intent. The penalty for a Section 53A offence is a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (up to £1,000). In gathering evidence of a Section 53A offence, the police will prioritise actions that may lead to charges for more serious offences, such as modern slavery or causing or inciting or controlling prostitution for gain. The penalty for modern slavery is up to life imprisonment and for the latter offence up to 7 years’ imprisonment.
The Home Office publishes police recorded crime data for the exploitation of prostitution offences (sections 52 and 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) and modern slavery offences, but information about the facilitation of those crimes is not held centrally. Data is not available at the requested geographical level, however data by police force area can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables.
The Online Safety Act 2023 will place a duty on adult service websites to proactively identify and remove content linked to criminal activity and a duty to prevent illegal content relating to sexual exploitation appearing on their sites. Companies will need to adopt systems and processes to identify, assess and address sexual exploitation and human trafficking activity based on a risk assessment.
Law enforcement is also running an adult service website referral pilot where adverts are referred to the Tackling Organised Exploitation capability (housed in Regional Organised Crime Units) to gather intelligence and identify organised criminal activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2024 to Question 24749 on Prostitution: Internet, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of criminalising the (a) enablement of and (b) profiting from prostitution of others.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2024 to Question 24749 on Prostitution: Internet, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of criminalising the (a) enablement of and (b) profiting from prostitution of others.
The acts of buying and selling sex are not in themselves illegal in England and Wales. Research the Home Office commissioned in 2019 on the nature of sex work and prostitution in England and Wales found that some sex workers use technology to manage their safety, and so criminalising the enablement of prostitution online could put these individuals at greater risk of harm.
However, we recognise that advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and that adult service websites can be used enable sexual exploitation. That is why the Online Safety Act 2023 ensures online platforms are responsible and accountable for content on their sites and take proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. The Act will make the UK the safest place to be online and will require online platforms to proactively identify and remove content linked to priority offences, including controlling and inciting prostitution for gain.
Safeguarding Ministers met the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for sex work on 31 January 2023, 24 May 2022, 6 February 2019, 19 April 2018 and 27 Nov 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23443 on Prostitution: Internet, whether his Department has received legal advice on the legality of the operations of adult services websites.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23443 on Prostitution: Internet, whether his Department has received legal advice on the legality of the operations of adult services websites.
The acts of buying and selling sex are not in themselves illegal in England and Wales. Adult Service Websites are online advertising directories that provide a platform on which legitimate sex workers and escorts can advertise their services and are legal under current prostitution legislation.
Ministers responsible for the Safeguarding portfolio have met the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for sex work five times since 2017; at least two of those meetings were conducted virtually. The Home Office works closely with the police to cut crime and protect vulnerable people. Officials regularly meet representatives of NPCC portfolios as part of their routine engagement with the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to women and girls arriving in the UK via small boats of trafficking for sexual exploitation in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to women and girls arriving in the UK via small boats of trafficking for sexual exploitation in 2024.
The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on small boat arrivals by year, sex and age group is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’, with the latest data up to the end of December 2023.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Future irregular migration publication release dates can be found on the research and statistics calendar.
No assessment has been made of the risk to woman and girls arriving in the UK via small boats to trafficking for sexual exploitation. However, all individuals arriving on small boats will be assessed on arrival, including assessments to identify vulnerability and safeguarding needs. Where there are indicators of modern slavery, the individual will be referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The NRM aims to lift victims out of situations of exploitation, provide them with a short period of intensive support and specialist care, and put them in a position where they can begin to rebuild their lives with increased resilience against future exploitation. In the last two years alone almost 30,000 people have had access to the protections of the NRM.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22532 on Home Office: Vivastreet, on what date discussions with adult service websites to explore a set of voluntary principles to counter exploitation on their sites began; and what her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22532 on Home Office: Vivastreet, on what date discussions with adult service websites to explore a set of voluntary principles to counter exploitation on their sites began; and what her...
Discussions with adult services websites have been focused on measures to reduce harm on these sites, with the exploration of a set of voluntary principles to counter exploitation evolving from these discussions over time. Work to develop and finalise the principles is ongoing, and we expect to publish the principles in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 2.2.11 of the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery, how much funding was provided for prevention work to raise awareness of the risks and signs of sexual exploitation among users of Adult Services Websites; which organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 2.2.11 of the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery, how much funding was provided for prevention work to raise awareness of the risks and signs of sexual exploitation among users of Adult Services Websites; which organisations...
The Home Office provided a grant of £10,000 in 2020/21 to fund a 3-month campaign targeted at UK-located sex buyers and those using adult service websites. The intention of the campaign was to increase their understanding of how adult service websites are used by offenders to advertise victims of sexual exploitation.
The campaign provided informative messaging on how to spot indicators, how sex buyers can help victims, and increasing confidence in reporting pathways with the aim to uplift reporting levels among UK located buyers of sexual services.
The recipient of the grant cannot be shared publicly as it compromises the intentions of the campaign itself. The campaign was evaluated; however, the results have not be published as it would potentially compromise future campaigns of this nature.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department have met with victims of trafficking for (i) labour, (ii) sexual and (iii) criminal exploitation in each calendar year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department have met with victims of trafficking for (i) labour, (ii) sexual and (iii) criminal exploitation in each calendar year since 2017.
Stakeholder engagement is a normal and routine part of the government business across officials and Ministers. These engagements are not centrally recorded.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of trafficking who have been exploited on adult services websites (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department have met with in each calendar year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of trafficking who have been exploited on adult services websites (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department have met with in each calendar year since 2017.
Stakeholder engagement is a normal and routine part of the government business across officials and Ministers. These engagements are not centrally recorded.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to stop commercial websites partly or wholly dedicated to advertising prostitution from facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and other sexual offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to stop commercial websites partly or wholly dedicated to advertising prostitution from facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and other sexual offences.
Tackling modern slavery, including online sexual exploitation remains a top priority for this Government, and we are committed to stamping out this abhorrent crime. Since its introduction, the Modern Slavery Act 2015, has given law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery, with maximum life sentences for perpetrators and enhanced protection for victims, including children.
We know that traffickers may use adult services websites (ASW) to advertise victims of modern slavery for sexual exploitation and that is why we are working closely with law enforcement partners and online companies to ensure they live up to their responsibilities of preventing their services from being used for criminal activity. Through Project AIDANT, the series of National Crime Agency-led operational intensifications, operational activity to target exploitation associated with ASWs has increased.
Furthermore, under the Online Safety Bill, all in scope companies will need to take action to prevent the use of their services for criminal activity. Illegal content will need to be removed expeditiously and the risk of it appearing and spreading across their services will need to be minimised by effective systems. For priority categories set out in legislation, companies will need to take particularly robust action. This includes sexual exploitation offences contained in the Sexual Offences Act (2003). For these offences, companies will need to consider the necessary systems and processes to identify, assess and address these offences based on a risk assessment. This might mean more resource for content moderation or limiting algorithmic promotion of content.
The Home Office is also providing £1.36m over the next 3 years to ‘Changing Lives’ for their Net-Reach project, which will tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) online, providing early intervention and targeted support for women and girls at high-risk of commercial online exploitation and the risk on online sexual harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2021; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2021; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests carried out by police forces in England and Wales, broken down by broader offence group (e.g. “sexual offences”). However, data is not held on the legislation under which the arrest was made. The most recent data on arrests is available here: Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The Home Office also publishes data on police recorded crime outcomes. In 2021, there were 40 charges for Soliciting for the Purpose of Prostitution offences. Data on specific sub-offences, including relating to s.53A, are not available. Further data related to charges and recorded crimes can be found in the published open data tables: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The Home Office does not hold data on convictions or penalties imposed following arrest. Data on criminal justice statistics are published by MoJ, available here: Criminal justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for slavery and human trafficking there have been under (a) each of the old offences before the passage of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and (b) each of the new offences following the passage of that Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for slavery and human trafficking there have been under (a) each of the old offences before the passage of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and (b) each of the new offences following the passage of that Act...
The table shows the numbers of defendants prosecuted, convicted and sentenced for slavery and trafficking offences, on a principal offence basis, between 2009 and 2015. The figures do not cover instances where perpetrators of modern slavery have been prosecuted and convicted using non-slavery offences, or where their illegal activities were disrupted by other means.
The criminal justice provisions in the Modern Slavery Act were commenced on 31 July 2015, so prosecutions under the Act only apply to criminal conduct alleged to have taken place since that date. Offences occurring before the commencement of the Modern Slavery Act will still be prosecuted under the previous legislation. Despite the very recent introduction of the new offences and the time it takes for law enforcement to bring complex cases involving modern slavery to trial, 12 defendants had already been prosecuted under the Act in 2015.
Offence category | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Proceeded against | 47 | 31 | 43 | 33 | 60 | 98 | 117 |
Found guilty | 25 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 31 |
Sentenced | 25 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 30 |
of which were given a maximum custodial sentence (3)(4) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Slavery, servitude and forced labour |
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Proceeded against | - | 1 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 |
Found guilty | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Sentenced | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
of which were given a maximum custodial sentence (14 years) (3)(4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Trafficking for sexual exploitation |
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Proceeded against | 33 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 38 |
Found guilty | 23 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
Sentenced | 23 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
of which were given a maximum custodial sentence (14 years) (3)(4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Trafficking for non-sexual exploitation |
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Proceeded against | 14 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 37 |
Found guilty | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | 7 | 27 | 8 |
Sentenced | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | 7 | 27 | 7 |
of which were given a maximum custodial sentence (14 years) (3)(4) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |