Offences against Children: Telford

Home Office written question – answered at on 16 March 2018.

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Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Co-Leader of the Green Party

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent public inquiry into the abuse of children in Telford with a structure and processes that provide past and current survivors of this abuse with (a) input and control over how and when their voices are heard within the inquiry, (b) full recognition of the trauma that may be associated with a survivor giving evidence and (c) comprehensive support mechanisms; and if she will make a statement.

Photo of Victoria Atkins Victoria Atkins The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Minister for Women

In March 2015 the Government established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to consider the extent to which institutions have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Inquiry has announced that it is investigating institutional responses to the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks. This investigation is currently under way. Within the terms of reference it is for the Inquiry to decide what it investigates and how.

The Inquiry is also running the Truth Project, which allows victims and survivors of chlld sexual abuse to share their experiences with the Inquiry. Their accounts are not tested, challenged, or contradicted. The information supplied is anonymised and will be considered by the Chair and Panel members when reaching their conclusions and making recommendations for the future.

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