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Offences against Children

Asked by Suella BravermanReform UKDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129884

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities investigate historical safeguarding failures where new survivor testimony emerges.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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