Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve guidance on child sexual exploitation.

In response to the Ofsted thematic review ‘The sexual exploitation of children: it couldn't happen here, could it?’[1] the Department for Education will revise and re-issue the 2009 ‘Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation’ guidance to reflect recent research, good practice and findings from child sexual exploitation reviews and criminal investigations. As it is statutory guidance, the department will consult and discuss with other government departments on the scope of the document.

On 3 March 2015, a summit was held where the government launched new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation: ‘Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation’.[2]

[1] www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/386595/The_20sexual_20exploitation_20of_20children_20it_20couldn_E2_80_99t_20happen_20here_2C_20could_20it.doc

[2] www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-child-sexual-exploitation--2