Offences against Children: Inquiries
Lords · Question HL11276 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the scope of the inquiry into child sexual exploitation and abuse will permit the inquiry to consider the historic background and factors behind child sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Kingdom.
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 5 Nov 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...