National plan for overseas CSA by UK nationals
IICSA · Children Outside the United Kingdom Phase 2 Investigation Report · Issued 9 January 2020 · Addressed to: Home Office
Government responseHome Office: Accepted (Jan 2021)
DeliveryHome Office says in progress (Jan 2021)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, C
The Home Office should coordinate the development of a national plan of action addressing child sexual abuse and exploitation overseas by UK nationals and residents of England and Wales, involving input from all lead governmental agencies in the field.
IICSA, Children Outside the United Kingdom Phase 2 Investigation Report · 9 Jan 2020 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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The Inquiry recommended coordinating a national action plan against overseas child sexual abuse. In January 2021, HM Government stated that the Home Office would implement the recommendation within its forthcoming Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy (Home Office response, Jan 2021; Home Office, Jan 2021). It noted that this strategy would set out actions involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), the intelligence community, and the third sector to prevent offending abroad (Home Office response, Jan 2021). In October 2022, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse reported that the department had confirmed implementation through that strategy (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Oct 2022).
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Government response
●Home Office · Accepted · 21 Jan 2021
6. The Home Office will implement this recommendation as part of the UK Government’s soon-to-be published Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. The Strategy will set out our national plan of action for tackling transnational child sex offenders (TCSOs). This action plan will build on measures outlined in the Strategy to prevent offending abroad, recognising that offenders are increasingly taking advantage of areas with weaker children protection systems, law enforcement responses, or infrastructure and control. The action plan will also supplement the steps we are taking to strengthen the available civil orders for managing registered sex offenders and high-risk individuals, as well as broader improvements to the offender management regime and multi-agency working. 7. The action plan will outline further activity to tackle the specific threat posed by TCSOs, including: building our understanding of transnational child sex offending through collaboration with the National Crime Agency (NCA), intelligence community and third sector; commissioning the NCA to produce a list of high-risk countries where children overseas are considered to be at risk of sexual abuse and exploitation from UK nationals and residents, and; where appropriate, deploying the tools available to law enforcement agencies to bring TCSOs to justice. More detail on the specific actions will be provided in the published Strategy. The Strategy will also set out the governance structures to support implementation and hold the system to account.
Delivery
●Home Office says in progress · 21 Jan 2021
The Home Office will implement this recommendation as part of the UK Government’s soon-to-be published Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. The Strategy will set out our national plan of action for tackling transnational child sex offenders (TCSOs).
What other bodies have found
●Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · 20 Oct 2022
Summary of action taken (at 30 June 2022) On 21 January 2021, the Home Office confirmed that it would implement this recommendation as part of the UK government’s Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy. The strategy sets out the government’s national plan of action for tackling transnational child sex offenders (TCSOs).
From: The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Part K and annexes (accessible)
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