Source: Mayor of London
A 2022 report by Professor Alexis Jay, the former Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, found child sexual abuse to be “endemic” in England and Wales.1
On Thursday 16 January 2025, the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper announced a “rapid audit” of grooming gangs, plus up to five new “victim centred, locally-led inquiries”. The national three-month audit, led by Dame Louise Casey, will “begin soon”.2
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow question the Metropolitan Police service and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime on the work being done in relation to grooming gangs in London, and to understand what impact the national audit will have in the capital.
The Committee will also continue its scrutiny of the Mayor’s draft Police and Crime Plan 2025-2029.
The guests are:
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist KPM, Frontline Policing, Metropolitan Police Service
- Claire Waxman OBE, London’s Independent Victims’ Commissioner
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 29 January 2025 from 10am in the Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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