Question follow-through · 14019
Begging and Vagrancy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to distinguish organised begging from begging arising from homelessness or destitution.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to distinguish organised begging from begging arising from homelessness or destitution.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
The new offence of facilitating begging for gain in the Crime and Policing Act does not directly apply to individuals who are rough sleeping or begging. Instead, this new offence makes it unlawful for anyone to organise others to beg. The measure is inten...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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