Question follow-through · 29116

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals identified as members of organised grooming gangs have been charged with and convicted of rape offences in the United Kingdom in each of the last ten years.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
15 Sept 2026
Answer
22 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals identified as members of organised grooming gangs have been charged with and convicted of rape offences in the United Kingdom in each of the last ten years.

  2. 15 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Information on criminal offences and criminal justice outcomes is not routinely recorded or published in a way that identifies whether an offender was a member of an organised grooming gang.Data on ...

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