Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
Commons · Question 126881 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
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
Answer
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...