Question follow-through · 45652

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many council areas have grooming gangs been reported.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2025
Answer: 1 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many council areas have grooming gangs been reported.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
Child sexual abuse and exploitation, including group-based offending or ‘grooming gangs’, remains under-identified and under-reported. Police recorded crime figures are captured by Police Force Area, which equates to local authorities in many instances. A...

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