Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2018 to Question 182079, what representations his Department has made to (a) the named Secretaries of State and (b) officials of those Departments on the county lines drug trade and the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and whether he plans to have any meetings with those people.

The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers regularly meet their counterparts across Whitehall to ensure a co-ordinated response to cross-cutting issues, which include county lines and the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Officials meet regularly to discuss county lines and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 including through the National County Lines Working Group, which was established to oversee delivery of the County Lines Action Plan and includes representatives from the Department for Education; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Communities, Housing and Local Government; Department for Work and Pensions; and the Department of Health and Social Care.