Question follow-through · 98267

Offences against Children: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the estimate of the number of grooming gangs operating in Liverpool.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
10 Dec 2025
Answer
15 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the estimate of the number of grooming gangs operating in Liverpool.

  2. 10 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Baroness Casey’s rapid national audit into group-based child sexual exploitation set out stark findings on the scale and nature of grooming gang offending. This government is absolutely committed to exposing the failures that have happened across the coun...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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