Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January to Question 22097 on Drugs: Organised Crime, what steps she is taking to tackle cuckooing.

The Government is clear that cuckooing is an appalling practice associated with violence, exploitation and anti-social behaviour.

Through the County Lines Programme we are targeting exploitative drug dealing gangs, including those who take over the homes of vulnerable people.

The Government’s Safer Streets Mission will continue to tackle these issues and we will make further announcements in the normal way in due course.