To ask Her Majesty’s Government what programmes or initiatives are in place to tackle the numbers of juveniles who are engaged in the selling of drugs in the east London area.

The Government has devolved responsibility for the commissioning of crime prevention and community safety programmes to locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in London. It is therefore for PCCs to decide whether young people's involvement in crime such as drug dealing is a priority for their local area.

The Government provides a number of different funding streams, such as the Community Safety Fund, which PCCs may use to deliver prevention and diversionary activities aimed at young people engaged in or at risk of becoming involved in gangs and youth violence, which is often connected to drug dealing.