Question follow-through · 94570
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her will can provide (a) an update on the progress of the grooming gangs inquiry and (b) a timeline for the commencement of the different stages of the inquiry.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her will can provide (a) an update on the progress of the grooming gangs inquiry and (b) a timeline for the commencement of the different stages of the inquiry.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
We are working urgently to establish the inquiry and Baroness Casey of Blackstock is supporting this process.Our immediate priority is appointing a Chair with the credibility and experience to lead the inquiry, ensuring a trauma-informed approach to engag...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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