Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a clear timeline with dates by which all 20 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations will be implemented.

Acting on the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse remains an important element of this Government’s programme of work to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

In April 2025 the Government published the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Progress Update which set out a range of actions we are taking to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations, alongside broader measures to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation. We are now pressing ahead with this work, which includes:

• Establishing a new Child Protection Authority (CPA) for England, a centrepiece Inquiry recommendation. The CPA will provide national oversight and enhance consistency in child protection practice. In July the Government published its response to the public consultation on the CPA.
• Introducing a range of measures through the Crime and Policing Act 2026 to support implementation of the Inquiry’s recommendations, including a new mandatory reporting duty for professionals working with children to report child sexual abuse, the removal of the three year limitation period for victims and survivors to bring child sexual abuse civil claims, and reforms to the disclosure and barring system to improve vetting procedures for all adults who work with children.
• Investing up to £50 million to expand the Child-House model, ensuring children who experience sexual abuse can receive access to timely, trauma informed support, including therapeutic support.
• A range of measures to protect children from online child sexual abuse and respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations on online age verification and pre-screening. This includes mandating highly effective age assurance and committing to device level protections to make it impossible for children in the UK to take, share or view nude images.