Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders in connection with county lines child criminal exploitation have been (a) applied for and (b) granted (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) in total since 31 July 2015.

Information on the number of Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders in connection with county lines child criminal exploitation cannot be separately identified from the overall number of Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders. Information on county lines involvement may be held on court records but to identify this would require access to individual court records which would be of disproportionate costs.

The Ministry of Justice has published information on outcomes at court, up to December 2020, available in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx

Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders are counted within the category “otherwise dealt with”.