Crime: Children
Commons · Question 3141 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 28 May 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on aligning the new child criminal exploitation offence with existing modern slavery legislation.
Answer
Answered by Natalie Fleet, 28 May 2026
The Government is committed to tackling the gangs who are luring children into violence and crime. That is why we have legislated for a new offence of child criminal exploitation in the Crime and Policing Act. The Act also provides for new civil orders (c...