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Offences against Children: West Midlands

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 16 January 2026UIN 104185

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child sexual exploitation cases were closed with no action in children's services in (a) Birmingham and (b) the west midlands in the last five years.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The department does not hold the information centrally. Birmingham Children’s Trust and other councils and Children’s Trusts in the West Midlands region may hold this information for their areas.

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