Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)

Organisations: Home Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities are:

  • tackling violence against women and girls
  • domestic abuse
  • FGM and forced marriage
  • child sexual abuse and exploitation
  • Disclosure and Barring Service
  • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
  • Security Industry Authority
  • sexual violence
  • Rape Review
  • prostitution
  • stalking
  • hate crime
  • crime prevention
  • early youth intervention
  • victim support
  • victim elements of Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO)
  • spiking

Previous holders of this role

  1. Sarah Dines MP

    2022 to 2023