Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the scope of the inquiry into historical child sexual abuse commissioned by her Department.

The Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will cover England and Wales. Child protection is a devolved matter so it is right for places outside England and Wales to conduct their own inquiries. Officials have already had
discussions with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to ensure all enquiries led by the devolved administrations feed into the Independent Inquiry and to ensure that no information falls through the gaps.