Drugs: Organised Crime
Commons · Question 26903 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to reduce the exploitation of children in county lines drug trafficking.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 3 Feb 2025
A crucial part of our Safer Streets mission is tackling the gangs that entice children and young people into crime. That includes those who run county lines through violence and exploitation.An estimated 14,000 children are identified as at risk or involv...