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Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) victims and (b) victims families impacted by grooming gangs; and what steps she is taking to ensure these incidents don't occur in the future.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) victims and (b) victims families impacted by grooming gangs; and what steps she is taking to ensure these incidents don't occur in the future.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We have been clear that this Government is prioritising work to safeguard children, ensure victims and survivors are protected and supported, while pursing offenders and bringing them to justice.I have supported, and continue to support, many victims and ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Counter-terrorism: Children and Young People

27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of twenty five were referred to Prevent in each of the last ten years, broken down by sex.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shoplifting: Arrests

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shoplifting: Sentencing

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent irregular migrants working in the UK from accessing (a) social security benefits and (b) the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Overseas Visitors: EU Nationals

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vetting: Hampshire

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Workers: Deportation

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests of illegal workers have resulted in deportation to their country of origin in the last six months.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fire and Rescue Services: Government Assistance

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to fire and rescue services, in the context of levels of increases in central funding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Appeals

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber ruling UI-2024-005295 & Ors, whether the appellants will be entitled to the same access to public funds as people granted permission