"Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley last week told City Hall the force had a steady flow of ongoing multi-offender child sexual exploitation investigations, and a very significant number of allegations would need to be reopened because of the Home Office's grooming gangs review. But the Commissioner added that he would be loathed to take child protection specialists away from dealing with current caseloads to look back in history and it might cost millions of pounds to re-investigate."
"We understand the very real concern the public have around so-called grooming gangs and treat all allegations of sexual offences and exploitation extremely seriously. Our data shows the group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation picture in London is more varied than in other parts of the country and does not neatly align with patterns of methodology, ethnicity or nationality seen elsewhere and reported on extensively."
"Group-based child sexual exploitation should be consistently identified, properly understood and addressed with urgency."
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services found that data accuracy and national coordination problems risk weakening policing efforts to tackle group-based child sexual exploitation. Inspectors reported that more than half of police forces fail to include partner data from charities or social services in their assessments. Scotland Yard reports a steady flow of multi-offender child sexual exploitation investigations and anticipates many allegations will require reopening because of the Home Office grooming gangs review, but reinvestigation would divert child protection specialists and could cost millions. Calls include consistent identification and a universal definition to avoid a postcode lottery in victim protection.
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