10 Response Accepted in Part

Publish enhanced Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit

Recommendation

As referenced in its Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, the government should publish an enhanced version of its Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit as soon as possible. This Toolkit must: specify that the core element of the definition of child sexual exploitation is that a child was controlled, coerced, manipulated or deceived into sexual activity; include specific guidance on building effective problem profiles for child sexual exploitation and child sexual exploitation by networks, as differentiated from other forms of exploitation; specifically state the sources and types of data that agencies should use to build problem profiles; and indicate the minimum frequency at which problem profiles should be updated.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
The UK government accepted this recommendation in principle, with a final response initially expected by August 2022 (Official government response, 22 May 2023). A government progress update from April 2025 reported that the Home Secretary announced an update to the guidance on child sexual exploitation to ensure advice for those working with children remains relevant and informed by the latest available evidence (Gov.uk progress update, 9 April 2025).
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Jurisdiction
England
Section Reference
C
Response
Accepted in Part
Accepted in Part UK Government
22 May 2023

On 30 June 2022, the UK government provided the Inquiry with its provisional response to this recommendation. The UK government stated its final response to this recommendation would be provided within six months of the report's publication date, by 1 August 2022, and it will then be available on the Inquiry's website.

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Progress Timeline
Official Report
09 Apr 2025

April 2025 government progress update: the Home Secretary announced updating the guidance on child sexual exploitation to ensure advice for those working with children remains relevant and informed by the latest available evidence.

Source
Inquiry IICSA
Report Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised Networks Investigation Report 01 Feb 2022
Responsible Bodies
UK Government Primary
Recommendation age 4.1 yrs
Last formal update 09 Apr 2025