James Cleverley has announced plans to implement a legal requirement for anyone in regulated activity relating to children in England to report if they know a child is being sexually abused, following a key recommendation from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).
Those who don’t report concerns face being barred from working with young people, with people who actively protect abusers facing up to seven years in prison.
The police would also be given greater powers to stop registered sex offenders from changing their name if they think they still pose a risk, under the plans.
Cleverley, said: “Having listened to the voices of victims and survivors and reviewed the work of the IICSA, we are working at pace to get a mandatory reporting duty for child sexual abuse onto the statute book.
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