Question follow-through · 21677

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will launch an inquiry into grooming and rape gangs.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will launch an inquiry into grooming and rape gangs.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government's priority is to take action on delivering against the recommendations of the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). The Home Secretary announced on 6th January that we will be bringing in mandatory reporti...

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