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Anti-social Behaviour: Children

Commons · Question 111538 · Tabled 6 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 101647 on Anti-social Behaviour: Children, whether she will provide a forum for volunteer groups to ask questions that may arise as a result of t

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 12 Feb 2026

Guidance accompanying the new mandatory reporting duty will make clear that child sexual abuse must never be tolerated. The government will work closely with those impacted by the introduction of the duty to ensure it is clearly understood ahead of commen...