Question follow-through · 40928

Human Trafficking: West Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the trafficking of children to the UK from West Africa.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
27 Mar 2025
Answer
27 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the trafficking of children to the UK from West Africa.

  2. 27 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office has a network of policy and operational officers posted across West Africa to engage host countries on home affairs issues, including child trafficking, and provide cooperation on investigations where necessary.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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