Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cross-departmental work his Department undertakes with the Home Office to tackle the sexual trafficking of children.

The Government’s Modern Slavery Strategy was published on 29 November. This sets out a comprehensive cross-Government approach to tackling modern slavery, including the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation. The strategy can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-slavery-strategy.

My Department works closely with the Home Office and other departments to ensure an effective national strategy is maintained to tackle the sexual trafficking of children.