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Anti-social Behaviour: Children

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 February 2026UIN 111538

The question

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 the new guidance.

Answered by Jess Phillips

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 commencement.

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