Written Question·Home Office·UIN 96574

Offences against Children: Inquiries

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in appointing a chair to the National Inquiry into group based child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Answer

Jess Phillips
On 9 December 2025 the Home Secretary announced to Parliament the appointment of Baroness Anne Longfield CBE as Chair of the new Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, and Zoë Billingham CBE and Eleanor Kelly CBE as Panel.The Chair will consult on the d...

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