# Scottish grooming gangs inquiry will look at ethnicity of offenders and claims of cover-ups

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/scottish-grooming-gangs-inquiry-will-look-at-ethnicity-of-offenders-and-claims-of-cover-ups/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:53:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:20:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16269503/Scottish-grooming-gangs-inquiry-look-ethnicity-offenders-claims-cover-ups.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Scotland’s inquiry will examine offenders’ ethnicity and possible cover-ups.
- Professor Alexis Jay will lead the statutory inquiry.
- A Tory MSP has called for a clear timetable.

## Summary

Scotland’s statutory inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation will examine offenders’ ethnicity, the scale of abuse and claims that evidence was concealed or not disclosed. It aims to identify failures and recommend stronger protections for children, while leaving decisions about criminality to other processes.

The inquiry, chaired by Professor Alexis Jay, starts next Wednesday and will cover abuse from 1996 to 11 November this year. Education Secretary Mairi McAllan said work to strengthen the response is already under way, including extra funding for Police Scotland’s Operation Decerno; Tory MSP Meghan Gallacher called for a timeline for the inquiry.

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