Home/ Public Inquiries/ IICSA/ Parliamentary activity
Public inquiry · Parliamentary scrutiny

Parliamentary activity

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

115 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 5 September 2016
Clear all filters
House: Commons · Clear house

Parliamentary mentions

80 matching mentions · newest first

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Tim Loughton · Conservative Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Historic Child Abuse Inquiry to publish the review into its proceedings.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is independent of Government. It is for the Inquiry to set out its publication timetable. On 24 November, the Chair of the Inquiry said she would publish her review “in the coming weeks” .

https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/inquiry-response-home-affairs-select-committee-report-work -independent-inquiry-child-sexual

Original parliamentary record

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Diana Johnson · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has made to the police in each month since it was established.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

At the preliminary hearing on 26 July 2016 Counsel to the Inquiry stated that the Inquiry was making an average of between 20 and 25 police referrals each week. Further details are in the transcript (page 9, lines 4-5):

https://www.iicsa.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2016-07-26-general-matters-relating-to-investigations-transcript.pdf

Original parliamentary record

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Written Question House of Commons
Ann Clwyd · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has allocated resources to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in order to provide witnesses with mental health support.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

On 12 March 2015 the former Home Secretary established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse under the Inquiries Act 2005. The Inquiry is independent of the Government and is responsible for the management of its own budget and the publication of its own financial reports.

The most recent financial report was published by the Inquiry on 15 September 2016. It is available at:

https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/808/view/2015-2016-Inquiry-Financial-Report.pdf

Original parliamentary record

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Mr Gregory Campbell · Democratic Unionist Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48064, on child sexual abuse independent panel inquiry, how much public money the Government has allocated to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse to date.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

On 12 March 2015 the former Home Secretary established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse under the Inquiries Act 2005. The Inquiry is independent of the Government and is responsible for the management of its own budget and the publication of its own financial reports.

The most recent financial report was published by the Inquiry on 15 September 2016. It is available at https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/808/view/2015-2016-Inquiry-Financial-Report.pdf

Original parliamentary record

Appointment of a new Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Written Ministerial Statement House of Commons
Amber Rudd · Conservative Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

I wish to update the House on the change in Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and today is my first opportunity to do so.This Inquiry was established in March 2015 to consider the extent to which state and non-state institutions have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and to make recommendations to protect children from such abuse in future.On 4 August 2016 the Chair Dame Lowell Goddard wrote to me to offer her resignati...

Recorded statement

Answering body: Home Office

I wish to update the House on the change in Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and today is my first opportunity to do so.

This Inquiry was established in March 2015 to consider the extent to which state and non-state institutions have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and to make recommendations to protect children from such abuse in future.

On 4 August 2016 the Chair Dame Lowell Goddard wrote to me to offer her resignation which I accepted. I am grateful for all of her work on the inquiry to date.

On 11 August I announced the appointment of Professor Alexis Jay as the new Chair of the Inquiry.

I am firmly of the view that the work of the Inquiry needed to continue without delay. Victims and survivors deserve nothing less. After consultation, I decided that Professor Jay was the best person to provide stability and maintain momentum in the Inquiry’s work.

Professor Jay’s experience, lifelong dedication to child protection and her outstanding leadership of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham demonstrate her suitability to lead the Inquiry. I am delighted that she has agreed to do so.

Original parliamentary record