Written Question·Home Office·UIN 98268

Offences against Children: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

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 Manchester.

Answer

Jess Phillips
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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