Question follow-through · 64913

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation is (a) independent and (b) led by survivors.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
8 Jul 2025
Answer
8 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation is (a) independent and (b) led by survivors.

  2. 8 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    As previously announced, the national inquiry will be established as an independent statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005. While the Chair will determine the inquiry’s conduct and procedures, the Government remains firmly committed to placing vic...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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