Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their paper on group-based child sexual exploitation; and who externally has been appointed to review the paper prior to its publication.

The Home Secretary announced on 19^th May that the Government intends to publish a paper on group-based child sexual exploitation. This work is currently ongoing, and we will publish the Paper by the end of this year.

We are working closely with an External Reference Group to provide feedback on the Paper as it develops.

Membership for the External Reference Group was chosen to allow for a variety of expertise that may provide constructive challenge on this issue. The group has a broad membership that reflects a range of experience, including academia, criminal justice, the voluntary and community sector and representatives of victims and survivors.

Details of the membership to the External Reference Group will be made public in due course.