Child Abuse: Police Investigations

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts

Wednesday 29th October 2014 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

In terms of harm, I would say that “most harmful” applies to children in immediate danger of being harmed.

[Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)]

My Lords, what training are the police being given in relation to child abuse, whether it is porn images or the appalling stories of Rotherham and others right across the country? It is perfectly obvious that the police are not being trained at the moment. What is being done about it?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

There are highly trained officers within the NCA. The CEOP officers, of which there are 141 at the moment, are highly trained in terms of safeguarding and in terms of image viewing on the internet. I can provide the noble and learned Baroness with more information on that subsequently.