Grooming gangs inquiry to examine role of ethnicity, culture and religion
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“The grooming gangs inquiry will directly examine whether ethnicity, culture or religion influenced offending and whether they shaped the institutional response.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia that confirms or refutes the claim about the inquiry's scope regarding ethnicity, culture, or religion.
“The statutory independent inquiry has published its terms of reference, which will be laid before parliament when it returns from recess on 13 April.”
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— April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 262 days remain until the end of the year.
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“The inquiry will then begin its full investigation into the group-based sexual exploitation of children in England and Wales.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia that confirms or refutes the claim about investigating group-based sexual exploitation.
“It will have the legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence and require organisations to hand over documents.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia that confirms or refutes the claim about legal powers to compel testimony and document disclosure.
“Any evidence of criminal conduct by professionals will be referred to Operation Beaconport, the national policing operation launched last year to review hundreds of previously closed investigations.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia that confirms or refutes the claim about referrals to Operation Beaconport.
“The inquiry will conduct local investigations in areas where serious failures have been identified in response to child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia that confirms or refutes the claim about local investigations in areas with identified failures.
“Oldham has been confirmed among the first areas.”
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“The inquiry is being chaired by Anne Longfield, a former children’s commissioner for England.”
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“The inquiry will hold public hearings, which will be livestreamed, and transcripts will be published after each hearing.”
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“Findings will be published progressively rather than being held until a final report.”
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“The inquiry has a maximum duration of three years, to conclude no later than March 2029, and has a budget of £65m.”
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“The grooming gangs inquiry was set up in response to a recommendation from Louise Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse.”
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“The audit found that systemic failures and institutional paralysis had enabled grooming gangs to operate for many years.”
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