Begging and Vagrancy
Commons · Question 91066 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of organised begging networks operating in England.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 26 Nov 2025
The Government has introduced targeted measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to replace the powers in the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a new criminal offence of facilitating be...