Offences against Children: Public Records
Commons · Question 126882 · 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, whether she will issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies on the retention of historic records that may be relevant to investigations into group-based child sexual exploitation.
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...