Written questions

Offences against Children: Inquiries

Commons · Question 82034 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for launching a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 20 Oct 2025

The Government is driving forward work to establish the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse under the Inquiries Act 2005. It will be overseen by an Independent Commission with statutory powers to compel evidence and testi...