In March 2025, the NCA and CEOP Education issued advice to parents and carers to raise awareness of financially motivated sexual extortion (often known in the media as 'sextortion'). This survey is to help us understand how useful parents and carers have found this guidance. This survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Please note, this survey is not a reporting tool. If you need to report an incident of financially motivated sexual extortion, please call 101 or 999 if there is an immediate risk to harm to your child. You or your child can also contact the CEOP Safety Centre to report online blackmail and access support in relation to this.

1.Which UK nation are you from?

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

2.After reading the guidance, how would you rate your understanding of Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion (FMSE)?

Strong understanding

Moderate understanding

Unsure

A little understanding

Limited understanding

3.After reading the guidance, how likely are you to talk to your child about FMSE?

Very likely

Likely

Neither likely nor unlikely

Unlikely

Very unlikely

4.After reading the guidance, how confident do you feel in supporting your child if they became a victim of FMSE?

Extremely confident

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Not so confident

Not at all confident

5.After reading the guidance, how confident would you be in knowing how to report if your child became victim of FMSE?

Not at all confident

Not so confident

Somewhat confident

Very confident

Extremely confident

6.Do you plan on taking any other action after reading the guidance? (select all that apply)

Review the privacy settings on my child's accounts.

Inform my child about the CEOP education online blackmail article (11-18s).

Have more conversations with my child about their life online.

Visit the CEOP education website.

Other (please specify)