Petition

to have a public inquiry on grooming gangs in the UK

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

As a society we need to acknowledge our failings to thousands of innocent victims in order to learn from the failings .

We need to listen to local authorities experiences and provide a radical overhaul into how we as a society support victims of grooming gangs
To allow the inquiry to gather the experiences of all local authorities and to provide a legal framework, guidance and resources to enable a unified approach which will prevent further failings

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Launch a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
Launch a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

Timeline

2 Jan 2025 Petition opened for signatures
4 Mar 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Mar 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.