Offences against Children: Inquiries
(asked on 17th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what powers the independent inquiry into grooming gangs will have to compel the production of evidence.
This question was answered on 5th January 2026
The Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs is a statutory inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, with full powers to compel evidence.
The Home Secretary has published draft Terms of Reference, which include consideration of ethnicity, religion and culture. The Chair is currently consulting on these draft terms; however, the Home Secretary has made clear that the inclusion of ethnicity, religion and culture is not subject to change.