The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sarah Newton)
The inquiry has set up 13 strands of investigation, and made 250 formal requests for information from over 120 institutions, with 164,000 documents having now been submitted. It has referred roughly 80 cases a week to the police. It has rolled out the truth project, providing survivors with the opportunity to tell the inquiry what has happened to them. More than 500 people have so far come forward.
[Official Report, 21 November 2016, Vol. 617, c. 605.]
Letter of correction from Sarah Newton.
An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy).
The correct response should have been:
Sarah Newton
The inquiry has set up 13 strands of investigation, and made 250 formal requests for information from over 120 institutions, with 164,000 documents having now been submitted. It has referred roughly 80 cases a month to the police. It has rolled out the truth project, providing survivors with the opportunity to tell the inquiry what has happened to them. More than 500 people have so far come forward.
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Sarah Newton
To go back to my response to the urgent question, the fact that 80 cases a week are being referred to the police and that over 500 people have come forward to participate in the truth project shows how valuable the inquiry already is to those victims.
[Official Report, 21 November 2016, Vol. 617, c. 608.]
Letter of correction from Sarah Newton.
An error has been identified in the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant).
The correct response should have been:
Sarah Newton
To go back to my response to the urgent question, the fact that 80 cases a month are being referred to the police and that over 500 people have come forward to participate in the truth project shows how valuable the inquiry already is to those victims.
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Sarah Newton
I thank the right hon. Lady for her question, and I pay tribute to her for the work she has done in campaigning so assiduously for justice for her constituents. I reassure her and everyone who is here that those lessons have been learned from the past. The inquiry is an incredibly important part of what the Government are doing to learn lessons from the past and make sure that we are doing everything that we can to keep children in our country safe. As a result of people coming forward to the inquiry, as I said in my response to the urgent question, more than 80 referrals a week are being made to the police.
[Official Report, 21 November 2016, Vol. 617, c. 610.]
Letter of correction from Sarah Newton.
An error has been identified in the response I gave to the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd).
The correct response should have been:
Sarah Newton
I thank the right hon. Lady for her question, and I pay tribute to her for the work she has done in campaigning so assiduously for justice for her constituents. I reassure her and everyone who is here that those lessons have been learned from the past. The inquiry is an incredibly important part of what the Government are doing to learn lessons from the past and make sure that we are doing everything that we can to keep children in our country safe. As a result of people coming forward to the inquiry, as I said in my response to the urgent question, more than 80 referrals a month are being made to the police.
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Sarah Newton
If the right hon. Gentleman or his constituents have any evidence whatever, they should go to the inquiry right now. We are not waiting for the end of the inquiry to take action, as I have said before; more than 80 cases are sent to the police every week so that action can be taken. It is really important that people engage with the inquiry and support their constituents in doing so, so that we can seek justice for the victims.
[Official Report, 21 November 2016, Vol. 617, c. 610.]
Letter of correction from Sarah Newton.
An error has been identified in the response I gave to the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson).
The correct response should have been:
Sarah Newton
If the right hon. Gentleman or his constituents have any evidence whatever, they should go to the inquiry right now. We are not waiting for the end of the inquiry to take action, as I have said before; more than 80 cases are sent to the police every month so that action can be taken. It is really important that people engage with the inquiry and support their constituents in doing so, so that we can seek justice for the victims.