Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)

Organisations: Home Office

Responsibilities

At the Home Office, the Minister is responsible for:

• 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
• Security Industry Authority
• safeguarding and DBS checks for COVID volunteers and community groups

Previous holders of this role

1. Amanda Solloway MP

   2022 to 2022