Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the outcomes and (b) the cost-effectiveness of the National Ugly Mugs Scheme.

The National Ugly Mugs Scheme is a national mechanism for reporting crimes committed against people involved in prostitution. The Home Office funded a pilot that ran from April 2012 to March 2013, co-ordinated by the UK Network of Sex Worker Projects. The evaluation of the pilot is available on their website: uknswp.org

The Home Office does not collate figures on criminal justice outcomes or cost-effectiveness as a direct result of the National Ugly Mugs Scheme, although informally the scheme is widely regarded as a useful one. It is continuing with funding from sources other than the Home Office.