Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the remit of the National County Lines Coordination Centre is.

The Home Office provided £3.6m to establish the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) to enhance our cross border intelligence and activity on county lines and to better safeguard and protect victims of county lines. NCLCC supports operational policing as well as providing a central point at which intelligence and information is shared on county lines activity.

The NCLCC comprises a team of experts from the National Crime Agency, police officers and Regional Organised Crime Units working together to develop the national intelligence picture of the complexity and scale of the county lines threat, prioritising action against the most serious offenders, protecting the exploited and engaging with partners across government, including in the health, welfare and education spheres, to tackle the wider issues associated with county lines.