Question follow-through · 44574

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what areas will local grooming gang inquiries be conducted in.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
24 Apr 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what areas will local grooming gang inquiries be conducted in.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including by grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims and pursuing and punishing the perpetrators of these ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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