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Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

Commons · Question 126881 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Apr 2026

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems her department has put in place to ensure that local authorities, police forces and other agencies cannot delete or destroy records that may be relevant to the independent inquiry into gr

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Answered by Jess Phillips, 21 Apr 2026

Baroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...