Written Question·Home Office·UIN 126881

Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore BritainGreat Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems her department has put in place to ensure that local authorities, police forces and other agencies cannot delete or destroy records that may be relevant to the independent inquiry into gr

Answer

Jess Phillips
Baroness 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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