Question follow-through · 318
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the efficacy of Border Force protections for children subject to sexual abuse travelling with their abusers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Immigration: Married People · 14 May 2026
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- Asylum · 10 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the efficacy of Border Force protections for children subject to sexual abuse travelling with their abusers.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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19 May 2026
Answer published
Border Force Officers have an obligation under Section 55 of the Borders Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 to carry out their core function with due regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the UK.Border Force Officers are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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