Written questions

Offences against Children: Inquiries

Commons · Question 96574 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in appointing a chair to the National Inquiry into group based child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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...