FOI Request - Child Sexual Exploitation

Request 101003802366

1.  If the council has a plan intended to specifically address gang-based child special exploitation, or if such a strategy is incorporated within a larger strategy to address CSE.

2.  All motions proposed by Councillors since July 2024 which call for an inquiry into grooming gangs (whether a local inquiry or a national one in which your local authority would participate).

3.  Since July 2024, has the council engaged in correspondence with the Home Office regarding a local inquiry into grooming gangs? If so, please provide the nature of this correspondence.

4.  The amount of compensation awarded by the local authority to the victims of CSE between the years 2018 - 2024 and the number of individuals to whom it was awarded.

5.  The amount of compensation awarded by the central government to victims of CSE identified and assisted by your local authority area between the years 2018 - 2024 and the number of individuals to whom it was awarded.