Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)

Organisations: Home Office

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities are:

  • modern slavery and the national referral mechanism
  • domestic abuse
  • violence against women and girls including female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage
  • early youth intervention on serious violence
  • Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
  • victims
  • child sexual abuse and exploitation
  • Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
  • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
  • sexual violence including the rape review
  • anti-social behaviour
  • prostitution
  • stalking
  • online internet safety/WeProtect
  • victims of terrorism
  • Security Industry Authority
  • safeguarding and DBS checks for COVID volunteers and community groups

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP

    2017 to 2021

  2. Sarah Newton

    2016 to 2017