Written Question·Home Office·UIN 60104
Offences against Children
Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Question
John Lamont
Conservative — Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there will be a limit on the number of local inquiries overseen by the new commission into grooming gangs and child exploitation.
Answer
Jess PhillipsAn independent chair will determine the conduct and procedure of the inquiry. We will announce further details on the inquiry, including the appointment of an independent chair, in due course.