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Written Question
Offences against Children
Friday 11th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers will (a) give evidence to and (b) participate in the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's private inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer he was given on the 8 April 2025 to Question 44194.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Friday 11th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct relevant Departmental officials to engage with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer he was given on the 8 April 2025 to Question 44194.


Written Question
Offences against Children: Victims
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will offer (a) safeguarding and (b) witness protection support to (i) victims and (ii) whistleblowers that give evidence to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's private inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children: Inquiries
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) mental health and (b) trauma support services are available to survivors of grooming gangs who participate in non-statutory inquiries.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will provide a liaison contact to assist with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss his private inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children: Inquiries
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all (a) correspondence and (b) internal assessments on the decision not to proceed with a full public inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the findings of privately funded independent inquiries into (a) grooming gang activity and (b) associated institutional failures.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing anonymised (a) data and (b) reports to support the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct relevant Departmental officials to engage with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.