Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 April 2023 from the APPG for Safeguarding in Faith Communities on the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

I recognise the important work of the APPG for Safeguarding in Faith Communities and I responded to your 17 April letter on 12 May.

The Government remains firmly committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, and the Inquiry’s final report marks an important milestone in that regard. We have been working across government to carefully consider the Inquiry’s final recommendations. I appreciate all of the victims and survivors who came forward to bravely share their testimonies with the Inquiry and all of the important contributions of stakeholders right across the country over the past seven years.

And as the Home Secretary confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 20 April, we will be publishing the Government response to the Inquiry’s final report in May 2023.