United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 14019
Begging and Vagrancy
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29 June 2026
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6 July 2026 · Answer
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6 July 2026
Summary
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.
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29 June 2026
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
6 July 2026
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-29/14019
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1921902
- uk · wq-1921902 · source updated 6 July 2026