In the most recent King’s Speech, the government reaffirmed its pledge to enhance legislation around child sexual exploitation (CSE) to strengthen definitions of specific online offences.
Labour’s £92mn plan for Young Futures Hubs – a series of youth hubs funded by the Home Office –will work with young people deemed to be most at risk of exploitation as well as involvement in violent crime.
Simon Bailey, former National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for child protection, wants to see multi-agency working across all government departments with responsibilities for young people as well as the implementation of a cabinet minister accountable for safeguarding children.
“Too often children are failed because partners did not share information or understand the risk to the child they are responsible for protecting. Information sharing when there is a risk to a child should be mandatory,” says Bailey.
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