Extract from Lords debate on Grooming Gangs - May 14
Wednesday, 15 May 2019 07:44
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford)
(Con):...The Government have also launched the new tackling child
exploitation support programme to help safeguarding partners in
local areas to tackle a range of threats to children from gangs,
sexual and criminal exploitation, online grooming, trafficking and
modern slavery. As part of our £40 million package in the child
sexual exploitation progress report, we have recently published a
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The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of
Trafford) (Con):...The Government have also launched the
new tackling child exploitation support programme to help
safeguarding partners in local areas to tackle a range of threats
to children from gangs, sexual and criminal exploitation, online
grooming, trafficking and modern slavery. As part of our £40
million package in the child sexual exploitation progress report,
we have recently published a child exploitation disruption toolkit,
which brings together existing legislative powers to help local
agencies to disrupt, deter and tackle sexual and criminal
exploitation of children. Since 2016-17, we have provided £23
million of special grant funding to South Yorkshire Police towards the cost of
Operation Stovewood, referred to by the noble Lord, ...
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