Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 208877 on Children: Advocacy, what support his Department provides to children who are no longer eligible for the revised Independent Child Trafficking Advocate scheme.
In local authorities where the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service has been rolled out, all children that are potential victims of trafficking are eligible for support.
The revised ICTA model will continue to provide one-to-one support for children who have no effective parental responsibility for them in the UK. It also introduces, for the first time, an expert ICTA regional practice co-ordinator. This role will focus on children who do have a figure with effective parental responsibility for them in the UK, by working with professionals who are already engaged with and supporting the child.