Question follow-through · 74019

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support law enforcement agencies with the technical capability to (a) detect and (b) disrupt livestreamed child sexual abuse in real time.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support law enforcement agencies with the technical capability to (a) detect and (b) disrupt livestreamed child sexual abuse in real time.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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