Question follow-through · 86262
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for the role of Chair of the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for the role of Chair of the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
Chairs of national inquiries established under the Inquiries Act 2005, are appointed directly by Ministers. Under section 3 of the Act, the Minister who sets up the inquiry has the power to appoint the Chair and any other panel members.As has long been co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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