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Offences against Children: Inquiries

Commons · Question 96376 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 12 Dec 2025

On 9 December 2025 the Home Secretary announced to Parliament the appointment of Baroness Anne Longfield CBE as Chair of the new Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, and Zoë Billingham CBE and Eleanor Kelly CBE as Panel.The Chair will consult on the d...