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Offences against Children: Inquiries

Commons · Question 83605 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had (a) discussions and (b) correspondence with Oldham Council on the proposed grooming gang inquiry since January 2024; and whether her Department has issued any guidance t

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 28 Oct 2025

In June this year, Baroness Casey published her independent audit into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, and the Government accepted every recommendation it made, including establishing a new national inquiry. The national inquiry, equipped...