Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)
Organisations:
Home Office
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities are:
- modern slavery and the national referral mechanism
- domestic abuse
- violence against women and girls including female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage
- early youth intervention on serious violence
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
- victims
- child sexual abuse and exploitation
- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
- sexual violence including the rape review
- anti-social behaviour
- prostitution
- stalking
- online internet safety/WeProtect
- victims of terrorism
- Security Industry Authority
- safeguarding and DBS checks for COVID volunteers and community groups
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins
2017 to 2021
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Sarah Newton
2016 to 2017