Written Question·Home Office·UIN 126880
Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that relevant records may have been destroyed before formal retention notices were issued; and what steps she has taken to ensure no loss of material occurs.
Answer
Jess PhillipsBaroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...
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