Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate has been made of the number of reported incidents of conversion practices involving minors in each of the last five years.

The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.

We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.