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Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) victims and (b) perpetrators of live cases of gang-based child sexual exploitation.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
25 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) victims and (b) perpetrators of live cases of gang-based child sexual exploitation.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Child Sexual Exploitation Police Taskforce has brought together the best police data that is currently available on group-based offending. This was published in November 2024: https://www.hydrantprogramme.co.uk/publications/hydrant-publications#Latest...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offences against Children: Inquiries

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the publication of the reports into the five local inquiries into child sexual exploitation, announced on 16 January 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offences against Children: Inquiries

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she used to identify the five local areas to hold local inquiries into child sexual exploitation, announced on 16 January 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vetting

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will steps to ensure that bodies working with young people are required to verify an individual’s DBS certificate directly with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offences against Children: Reviews

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in February 2022.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Child Protection Authority

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on when the Child Protection Authority will begin its work.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Ministerial Responsibility

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 3 of The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in October 2022, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Bradford

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what capacity her Department has to house asylum seekers within the Bradford Council district.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Bradford

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase capacity for housing asylum seekers within the Bradford Council district.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Offences against Children

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, published in June 2025, what progress she has made on implementing recommendation 4.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Offences against Children

28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, published in June 2025, what progress her Department has made on implementing recommendation seven.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Offences against Children

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, as part of Recommendation 2 of the Casey Audit, the Cabinet Office has yet issued a formal instruction or preservation notice requiring the retention of records relevant to child sexual explo

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Firearms: Licensing

5 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will issue guidance to firearms licensing departments on whether license holders will require mandatory training for firearms being used for deer management at either grant or renewal, fol