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Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 11 September 2025UIN 74748

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the scope of Operation Beaconport is.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Operation BEACONPORT is the name assigned by operational partners to the National Police Operation, overseen by the NCA, as recommended by Baroness Casey in her report that followed her Independent Audit of Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (GBCSEA), published in June this year.

The operation will address the elements identified by Baroness Casey in recommendations 2 and 8, by bringing together all the relevant policing partners under one operation, to ensure a swift and specialist law enforcement response to GBCSEA.

Further details on Operation BEACONPORT will be provided by operational partners shortly.

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