Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the date was of each meeting of the Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable Adults National Task Force since it was set up; and which government departments (a) were invited to and (b) attended each such meeting.

The National Group on Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable People has held 19 meetings since it was formed in April 2013. The group met every
four weeks until January 2014, while it developed its programme of work. Since then, meetings have focused on monitoring delivery of the programme, and have been held every six to eight weeks.

The Home Office-led group, which I chair as Minister of State for Crime Prevention, is attended by senior officials from the following Government departments:

Home Office, Ministry of Justice, National Offender Management Service, Crown Prosecution Service, Department for Education, Department of Health, Cabinet
Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Culture Media and Sport. In accordance with the terms of reference for the group,
departments are required to send senior representation to every meeting.