Question follow-through · 21754

Rape: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a national inquiry into rape gangs.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 3 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2025
Answer: 10 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a national inquiry into rape gangs.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to using every lever to ensure all children are protected from sexual exploitation and abuse across our communities and online, regardless of who is perpetrating that horrific abuse. We are committed to continuing to learn from...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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