Written questions

Prostitution

Commons · Question 9206 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who would be deterred from paying for sex if it was outlawed.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 21 Oct 2024

Sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...