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Scottish grooming gangs inquiry to begin next week

A public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation in Scotland will begin next Wednesday, led by Professor Alexis Jay. Education Secretary Mairi McAllan said it would examine abuse between 1996 and the present day, including the scale of offending, its impact on survivors and potential failures or concealment by authorities. The inquiry will also consider improvements to child protection while its work continues and aims to make practical recommendations to prevent further abuse. Addressing parliament, McAllan said the inquiry would have the "strongest possible powers to examine the full extent of sexual abuse and exploitation". McAllan added that the Scottish and UK inquiries would "complement and not replicate" the work of each.

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