Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 January (HL4302) concerning offences relating to prostitution, (1) whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the terms of reference for the research that has been commissioned by the Home Office; and (2) who has been commissioned to conduct that research.

The Government will place a copy of the tender document which sets out the terms of reference for this research in the Library of the House.
The research tender process will close on 15 January, after which time bids will be assessed and the successful applicant announced by the end of March 2018.