Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) she, (b) the Minister for Crime Prevention, the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green and (c) the previous Minister for Crime Prevention, the hon. Member for Lewes has met survivors of child sexual abuse or representatives of the survivors of child abuse.

The Secretary of State met survivors of child sexual abuse on two occasions on 13 November and 20 November. She also met representatives of the survivors of child sexual abuse on 25 November. This was to seek their views before appointing a new Chairman to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.