Written Question·Home Office·UIN 126882

Offences against Children: Public Records

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore BritainGreat Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies on the retention of historic records that may be relevant to investigations into group-based child sexual exploitation.

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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